I’m stranded and missing work – will I lose pay?
You may do. James Willis, an employment lawyer at legal firm Thomson Snell & Passmore, says that if an employee fails to turn up to work, his or her employer is within its rights to dock pay.
“For an employer to meet
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Karren Brady … ‘I always laugh when I read about sexism cases.’
When it comes to self-control, the businesswoman Karren Brady clearly has a lot to teach us. Here’s one case in point. Four years ago, then aged 36, Brady experienced an allergic reaction and went for a health screening, including
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PEOPLE often ask me, “Are you Mexican or American?” I say, “I’m Texan.” Most of my family has been in south Texas since it was a territory of Mexico.
Diane Sanchez
Chief executive, Telefónica USA, Miami
AGE 55
RECENTLY READ âThe Shadow Eliteâ by Janine Wedel
FAVORITE VACATION SPOT Italy
I was born and raised in
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The number of people seeking to resolve an employment dispute by going to tribunal has shot up since the start of the recession, with 90,000 cases heard last year alone compared with an average of about 68,000 a year in each of the three previous years. Each case costs the
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This interview of Guy Kawasaki, a co-founder of Alltop, a news aggregation site, and managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, was conducted, edited and condensed by Adam Bryant.
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Guy Kawasaki is co-founder of the Alltop news aggregation site and a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures. If
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I’M a fifth-generation journalist. My family moved from France to Switzerland to London, where my father ran the photo business for United Press International.
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Eric Hippeau
Chief executive, The Huffington Post, New York
AGE 58
BIRTHPLACE Garches, France
SCUBA DIVES IN Florida and the Bahamas
I remember the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated, when
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What’s the best way to apologise for insulting the boss?
First, remember that once you’ve created a problem in e-mail, you can’t solve it in e-mail. As I remind people when I speak on “Smart People, Stupid E-Mails,” a heartfelt apology requires a meeting — or at the very least, a
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MY father owned several furniture stores, including one in Hollidaysburg, Pa., our hometown. He worked seven days a week, but my two brothers and sister and I always knew that we were the most important thing to him.
Jana Skewes
Chief executive, Shared Health, Chattanooga, Tenn.
AGE 46
FAVORITE ACTIVITY Playing
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I WAS born in South Korea. When I was 2, my family, including my grandparents, emigrated to Brazil for a better life. My father saw more opportunity there.
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My father was an elder at our Korean church, and he rallied members to start a Korean preschool, which I attended for
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The allegations levelled against Gordon Brown this week are a timely reminder that bullying is not simply the domain of the playground. Workplace bullying is on the rise, a by-product of the added pressure placed on workers and employers by the recession.
It can be hard to know where to draw
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