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What Happens to Your Digital Life When You Die?

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This, of course, falls in conjunction with the standard logistics of death: planning a funeral, finding and filing a will, and going through a loved one’s physical belongings. Briggs believes their business model is far removed from the logic of “digital cleaning up” after one dies. Death alone is a growing business. In the U.S.,

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company says only moms can work at home, was I rude for turning down a carpool, and more

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Is this legal? Would it be legal if they offered this benefit to parents of any gender, but not non-parents? The part where they’re not offering it to non-parents is legal (except for in the small number of jurisdictions in the U.S. I know there isn’t a clean solution for this but I’d love to know if you have any advice.

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I’m being compared to a coworker with less work, fired because my manager lied about having a degree, and more

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The company will confirm the dates of our employment only and says we will face legal action if we come back or contact them, directly or indirectly, for any reason besides getting confirmation of our employment dates. The company chose to do a clean sweep and let the whole team go since he had hired all of us.”.

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Ask a Manager speed round

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And having this rule is legal under the laws here and so is letting people go for breaking it. But you can certainly ask your boss about it and share your concerns — “I heard this is happening and don’t think it will work logistically for me — I’m hoping you’ll tell me it’s not the plan.”. It is completely forbidden.

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frequent bathroom visits, putting an out-of-state address on your resume, and more

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My legal last name is hyphenated, but for family reasons I want to drop the second name and just go by the first. I’ve been using my preferred last name socially for a year but not in work contexts, and I’m not ready to change it legally yet. It’s ridiculous. Dropping half of my last name while applying for jobs.

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The Top 50 SUCCESS Changemakers

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George + Amal Clooney Leaning into Amal’s background as an international human rights attorney, the couple founded the Clooney Foundation for Justice in 2016, giving human rights victims free legal support in over 40 countries.

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taking notes on an iPad during an interview, the poo police, and more

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Spa employees work on a very strict schedule (about five minutes between services to walk guest back to the lounge, clean the room, and hopefully take a drink of water). I do not question whether this is legal; unfortunately there’s no doubt, given the state this resort is located in.