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Dealing with foul-smelling workers: 6 tips for ‘The talk’

08/07/2007

Hosting a termination meeting may be easier than having to tell an employee that he or she has offensive body odor. Here are six tips for handling the issue in your workplace:

Roadside smokers prompt Honda to reconsider property-Wide ban

08/01/2007

To comply with the state smoking ban, Honda Motor Co. made its Marysville plant and surrounding property smoke-free on Feb. 8. By Feb. 9, visitors and employees began driving off the property to smoke …

Florida passes domestic-Abuse law granting victims time off

08/01/2007
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Underage teen sues McDonald’s franchise over sex with boss

08/01/2007

A teenage girl who worked in a Coral Springs McDonald’s is suing the franchise holder after her store manager, Hector Figueroa, carried on a sexual relationship with her for nearly a year …

Gun-Toting good Samaritan is fired

08/01/2007

When Colin Bruley, a leasing agent for the Jacksonville apartment complex where he lives, heard a woman screaming that she’d been shot, he grabbed his shotgun and ran to help …

Florida enacts law providing leave to deal with domestic violence

08/01/2007

For the first time, the state of Florida has passed a leave law that affects the private sector. The newly minted Domestic Violence Leave Law provides time off to employees who suffer domestic abuse …

Court tells employer to tell customers: We’re sexual harassers

08/01/2007

In a startling court order, a judge has required a company to tell its customers about a sexual-harassment verdict that cost it more than $2.3 million …

Whistle-Blower being cut? Run termination by counsel before sending letter

08/01/2007

It pays to tread cautiously when dealing with employees who have publicly criticized their employers …

Gun-Toting good Samaritan is fired

08/01/2007

Village Green Companies, a residential leasing company based in Oak Park, sparked a public outcry when it fired a leasing agent for bringing a shotgun with him when he helped to rescue a wounded neighbor …

Reference checking: ERKA and how employers should respond

08/01/2007

Releasing employment information about a former employee can be a dangerous and tricky situation …