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Those Matching Work Outfits Could Cost You Your Job

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.19.2012

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It's always a little bit embarrassing when you show up to work wearing the same thing as the person who shares your cubicle (a situation we're very fa...

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Walmart-Contracted Warehouse Jobs Saved By Judge

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.03.2012

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Just days ago, it appeared that a hundred low-wage workers at a Walmart-contracted warehouse in California would lose their jobs after publicly accusi...

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U.S. Companies Plan Little Hiring, Firing Over Next Six Months

Posted 12.24.2011

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U.S. companies do not plan to significantly increase payrolls over the next six months but neither do they intend to aggressively fire workers, ac...

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Entrepreneur Takes On Former Employer After Firing

Reuters | Posted 12.06.2011

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(By Deborah L. Cohen) - Bryan Van Noy got a pink slip in 2007. After dusting himself off, he set out to launch a business that would challenge traditi...

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Hire Up for Your 'Higher Up'

James M. Lynch | Posted 11.26.2011

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If you don't have people in your life that you regularly feel encouraged, empowered and inspired by, then it's time to "hire up." Seek out friends that will engage, challenge and inspire you on a regular basis.

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5 Ways Firing People Can Suck Less

Robert Levin | Posted 10.24.2011

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Not firing someone, or even waiting too long, has drastic consequences and in some cases can jeopardize the livelihoods of other employees. In light of this, here are five pieces of practical advice for finally firing those employees who should go.

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Firing 101: Handling Messiness the Humane Way

Rob Asghar | Posted 10.18.2011

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We owe it to one another to be honest about where we need to improve... and when we might need to move on. It's the human thing.

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Is There A Right Way To Fire Someone?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rod Kurtz | Posted 08.15.2011

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It can be one of the most gut-wrenching decisions a boss has to make, but also one of the most necessary. It's awkward and uncomfortable and emotional...

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Employers Firing Workers For Facebook Rants Need To Follow Law: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- American workers have been taking to Facebook and Twitter to passionately vent their workplace gripes, often in the most personal and vu...

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Fired Over Facebook: Feds, Managers Navigate 'New Territory' In Employment

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The federal agency tasked with enforcing labor law has been fielding complaints from workers across the country who have been fired or d...

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Company Unfairly Fired Worker Over His Facebook Posts, Say Feds

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced today that it has filed a complaint alleging that a Chicago-area car dealership wron...

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NPR, the Rest of the Federal Budget & a Large Hairy Dog

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Catholic College Fires Gay Part-Time Professor

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHILADELPHIA — A Catholic college in Philadelphia says it has fired a part-time professor after learning from a post on his blog that he has bee...

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Layoffs Becoming More Rare, Despite High Unemployment

AP | PAUL WISEMAN and DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. labor force has been split into two groups: the relieved and the desperate. If you have a job, you can exhale; you're less ...

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Employee Terminations

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Letting someone go is hardly something that will be met with enthusiasm. But the key is to get the dynamics right in your own mind first.

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Federal Labor Agency Vows To Speed Review Of Possibly Illegal Firings

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The federal agency that oversees union elections plans to speed up its review of cases where employees are fired during union organ...

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NY Post Loses Bid To Dismiss Explosive Lawsuit By Former Editor

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The New York Post suffered a legal setback on Monday as a U.S. District Court judge denied its motion to dismiss a lawsuit from a former employee alle...

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Ask Rod, Episode 12: What's The Best Way To Fire An Employee?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rod Kurtz | Posted 01.26.2012

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Executive Editor Rod Kurtz offers advice about hiring and firing, shares tips on expanding and plays with his new toy Terminator....

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The F Word: McChrystal, Afghanistan Policy, And...

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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To heck with the war. It's becoming a story about egos. Or more precisely, as one commentator put it recently, "By focusing on McChrystal's supposed ...

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Things to Consider When Taking a Buyout or Severance Package (Video)

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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I've found that people leaving old line companies, even with a severance package, were more bitter than those where companies treated employees like interchangeable parts.

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Dionne Mack-Harvin, Brooklyn Public Library Head, Resigns

nydailynews.com | By Elizabeth Hays | Posted 05.25.2011

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The head of the sprawling Brooklyn Public Library system abruptly quit last week after a plan to lay off 13 employees backfired and ended in a very pu...

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Central Falls High School Employees Deserve Due Process

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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In recent days, the Central Falls school superintendent fired en mass all 93 administrators, teachers and support staff at Central Falls High School i...

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Reporter Sacked For His Insistence On Objectivity, Existence Of Reality

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Springston was fired because of an apparent insistence on fact-based reporting. That this was the reason is troubling. That his editor, Matthew Cardinale, copped to it, is insane.

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NEW YORK POST LAWSUIT: Shocking Allegations Made By Fired Employee

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The New York Post editor fired after speaking out against a cartoon depicting the author of the president's stimulus package as a dead chimpanzee has ...

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NY Post Fires Editor Critical Of Racist Obama-Stimulus Cartoon

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A New York Post editor who spoke out against a controversial cartoon the paper ran comparing the author of the president's stimulus package to a dead ...

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