The results are in, and it’s official! Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, holds a contest every year in which people tell their bad-boss stories. The three best (worst?) get published. Take a look at the winners. Sound like anyone you know?
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Tags: AFL-CIO, Working America, worst bosses
Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a real-life problem at work. Today’s problem: HR has to make a convincing argument to get more money from the budget.
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In this real-life legal case, an ex-employee sues, claiming he was fired for complaining about safety — but his complaint proved to be false. Who won?
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Tags: Behavior, health, performance, safety
When people get elevated into a management job, they usually make some assumptions about the position. And they’re usually wrong.
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Tags: leadership, management, Poynter Institute
Whether you’re thinking about offering health-club memberships or free coffee and doughnuts, there’s one step in the process than needs to be considered before putting the “OK” stamp on the idea: How will it fly if the day comes that we have to kill benefits or raise the cost to employees
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Tags: benefits, Google, health insurance, Towers Perrin
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- An office keyboard has more bacteria on it than the average toilet seat.
- Women spread more germs than men do.
We have the answers to those - and more work-hygiene facts you wish you’d never heard about.
Tags: Charles Gerba, New York, san francisco, University of Arizona
In light of new laws in Florida and other states, we asked, “Should employees be allowed to store guns in their cars while parked on company property, even if the employer objects?” Here’s how readers responded, accompanied by their comments.
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Tags: Florida, guns, Second Amendment, survey
Two employees - maybe one of them is a supervisor — are involved in a nasty spat that’s dragging everyone down. Now it’s time for someone to step in - and that someone is you.
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Tags: conflicts, negotiation
Workplace lawsuits filed by men have jumped in recent years. And the cause probably boils down to a couple of reasons.
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Tags: equal employment opportunity commission, FMLA, Schultz v. Advocate Health
Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s problem: an employee who gets angry during performance reviews.
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Tags: appraisal, performance reviews, ratings
