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The greatest gift you can give employees this holiday season: Time and worker protections

Work Life

Despite being admired for his work ethic and expertise, his employer fired him for these actions, he believed. My parents worked hard. My mom shouldered the burden of raising kids and household work, while also working in retail, warehouses, and odd-jobs, which has taken a toll on her, too.

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employer would require us to live in their city, when an ex harasses you at work, and more

Ask a Manager

Here’s some explanation of what’s generally behind residency requirements, although you normally only see them with local government jobs, not with private employment.). She does things like criticize senior staff’s work ethic in all-staff emails, or be unavailable for essential times/dates without notice.

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my whole team brings their spouses on business trips, turning in work too quickly, and more

Ask a Manager

Am I turning in work too quickly? I recently quit my crappy retail job, where I worked hard and got “exceeds expectations” on evaluations and finished projects much faster than they were scheduled to be done. I’m now starting work in a new, highly technical field and worry that I’m getting things done *too* quickly.