Despite a spike in wage and hour lawsuits recently, stories like this one are likely to remain rare. (more…)
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Misplaced paperwork -- the root of the problem in this highly publicized case -- is a compelling reason for companies to go paperless. (more…)
Overjoyed, touched, surprised. These are some of the reactions employees are expecting when they give holiday presents to their co-workers. But workers who dole out any of these "inappropriate" gifts are likely to receive the opposite reactions. (more…)
For many employers, e-mail has long been the preferred method of communication about anything and everything -- but certain things should never be said electronically. (more…)
Newton may have rethought his theory that "what goes up, must come down," if he lived to see the increases in healthcare costs over the past decade. (more…)
A note to anyone considering a bank heist: Don't write the robbery note on your pay stub. (more…)
It seems no one (not even an esteemed Canadian lawmaker) is immune from making embarrassing social networking mistakes -- as this story illustrates. (more…)
No one doubts the convenience of an auto-pay service. It's the unauthorized million-dollar payments that give it a bad name. (more…)
When this company couldn't help but scale back on raises and reduce headcount, there was only one place it needed to look: this employee's closet. (more…)
There's a big difference between important job training and spending valuable funds on something employees learned how to do in kindergarten. (more…)
Just as Twitter can give savvy companies a competitive edge, it can destroy not-so-savvy users' careers in a mere 140 characters. (more…)
Every year, a new crop of utterly useless corporate buzzwords invades workplaces across the country like a plague. (more…)
