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Nov. 23--U.S. employers are bracing for more flu cases this winter. Whether they're prepared is another question. Many -- particularly small and medium-size companies -- don't have business continuity plans in place for dealing with significant flu-related absences, surveys indicate. Deepening the problem in many workplaces are rules that don't bend for allowing employees time off to heal or deal with ...

The sorts of things some people will sue for in the US hardly comes as a surprise these days. But last year HR directors would have been alarmed to learn of a claim one employee - James La Rue from DeWolff Boberg & Associates - took to the courts. Not only did he sue his employer for not providing him with ...

It was Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, who is credited with saying "you can never be too rich or too thin", but in the world of outsourcing, can you really reach a point where you can trim off too much fat and be left the poorer for it? This is the question outsourcing suppliers and buyers do not always want ...

I admit, I never thought nor did I care much about Golf. I didn’t know much about Golf. Golf channel, schmolf channel. I had never played golf in my life. I finally took the first step in my addiction in August of 2008. I went to the range with a pro to get sized and he took out a 6 iron. ...

A reader writes: I got a job that I really wanted and I'm happy and grateful. My question is what's the best way to let other prospective employers know? These are places where I put in resumes, but haven't gotten interviews. (If I had interviewed for another job and was still waiting, I would call the hiring manager when I got ...