Job applicant reminder emails: Nuisance or Necessity? [more inside]
posted on Jun 14, 2008 - 7 answers

Getting a job as a tour guide in Japan? [more inside]
posted on Jun 11, 2008 - 4 answers

Inspired by this thread, how do I go about finding an employer that allows its employees to bring their dogs to work? For those of you fortunate enough to be in this type of situation, how did you find your job? I am a patent prosecution paralegal and open to the idea of relocating.
posted on Jun 4, 2008 - 11 answers

How do I bust my employer for TAX FRAUD? [more inside]
posted on Mar 7, 2008 - 18 answers

How long does my former employer (in New York State) have to get me my final paycheck? [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2008 - 7 answers

Am I getting screwed by my employer with regard to pay? [more inside]
posted on Feb 4, 2008 - 20 answers

My very emotional former boss has become my friend. Please help me learn how to deal with her/mine/our issues. Long explanation follows. [more inside]
posted on Jan 6, 2008 - 23 answers

I do very small-time contracting for a small, casual, cutting edge usability consulting company and I'm in school at the same time. My boss (the youngish CEO) scheduled an ambiguous meeting with me this week which is surely to tell me I need to shape up. [more inside]
posted on Nov 20, 2007 - 13 answers

How reliable, statistically speaking, are criminal background checks? [more inside]
posted on Oct 24, 2007 - 8 answers

You thought "Official Use Only" included porn? For real? I was entrusted with a laptop owned by the public sector (recent employer). I let a friend use the laptop to do writing work while his computer was broken. I deemed this acceptable because at no time did he have access to employer's VPN-protected data. However, it would appear that he downloaded pornography. [more inside]
posted on Oct 7, 2007 - 21 answers

How can I determine or calculate the average amount a company pays for healthcare/benefits for a single full-time employee? [more inside]
posted on Aug 15, 2007 - 9 answers

I quit my job 3 months ago and my former boss won't stop harassing/threatening me. Unfortunately, politely asking him to stop is not an option. [more inside]
posted on Jul 13, 2007 - 24 answers

My boss/employer has been dodging me for a month in regards to my benefits & raise. How can I get him to do his job before I quit while walking out the door? I have been working full time for 3 months and I have not been offered ANY benefits even though I requested a meeting with him four times. Is there anything legal I can use to my advantage? [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2007 - 17 answers

It's time to submit my out-of-pocket medical expenses to my employer for reimbursement under the pre-tax medical account program. All my receipts are for psychotherapy, psychotropic medication, and other indicia of mental illness. Is it professionally "safe" for my employer to have this stuff? [more inside]
posted on Jun 26, 2007 - 15 answers

In DC, what can a previous employer who terminated an employee say to a job applicant's prospective new employer? [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2007 - 14 answers

How do I motivate myself at work now that I'm at a much bigger employer and my contributions to the organization aren't that important anymore? "Just do it" is the WRONG answer. So it GTD. I need a new way of thinking about the world, or a life coach, or something. [more inside]
posted on May 21, 2007 - 10 answers

My employer gives out bonuses as separate checks, which are taxed separately. Why? [more inside]
posted on May 19, 2007 - 13 answers

I was fired from my last job--due primarily to a personality conflict with my former manager--and am applying for another one. They want to know if they can contact my former manager. I can only give a "Yes" or "No" answer, I believe. Additionally, the job I'm applying for is a federal one, if that makes a difference. What's best? Thanks in advance!
posted on Apr 16, 2007 - 19 answers

How do I schedule interviews for a new job while I'm employed full-time? [more inside]
posted on Dec 28, 2006 - 11 answers

I work for a small company with less than a dozen employees. We currently have no formal hiring process, forms or other documentation. Scary? I think so, and I need some help to remedy the situation. [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2006 - 4 answers

Are there any laws that pertain to how much time an employee is given to consider their insurance options? [more inside]
posted on Dec 18, 2006 - 9 answers

Does anyone know anything about the law regulating a staffing business? [more inside]
posted on Nov 13, 2006 - 1 answers

I applied for an internship with the understanding that I would be making a certain amount, but the offer letter states a lower amount. What are my options? [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2006 - 12 answers

Dealing with an employer that doesn't understand the words "I quit." [more inside]
posted on Oct 9, 2006 - 21 answers

Please explain health insurance to me from an employer's point of view!!! [more inside]
posted on Oct 9, 2006 - 7 answers

I work as a graphic designer for a small retail production company in a very rural area. We're a very tech-centric company with about 10 employees, and 4 core players: myself, two other managers and the owner. All of us are from the city, and the owner, one of the managers and myself have been friends since before I came to work for the company (I'm closer friends with the other manager than I am with my boss, but we all met online)... Here's the rub: [more inside]
posted on Sep 6, 2006 - 14 answers

How should I handle this sticky job situation? I was offered a job, declined, have worked as a consultant, and now they hired an executive and charged him with tasks I would have been doing had I taken the job. [more inside]
posted on Aug 22, 2006 - 10 answers

What is the percentage of workers, in the private sector, that now receive pensions? [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2006 - 11 answers

New Job. Credit Check. Got the fear... (UK) [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2006 - 9 answers

Why are there so many bad employers? [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2006 - 42 answers

It's very possible I'll be fired from my job next Wednesday. Should I resign before then? What should I tell prospective employers? [more inside]
posted on Jun 15, 2006 - 38 answers

Eeeewfilter: What to do when boss in small office sends porn to employee? [more inside]
posted on Jun 3, 2006 - 28 answers

What's the best way to go about researching a potential new employer? [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2006 - 10 answers

Changed from an exempt to a non-exempt employee; what gives? [more inside]
posted on Dec 14, 2005 - 19 answers

My employer blocks access to webmail-based email like yahoo and gmail. Is it possible to get around this? [more inside]
posted on Oct 26, 2005 - 25 answers

I found out a few weeks into a job that my employer had installed spyware (VNC) on my work computer and had been watching what I've been doing (screen mirroring) since I started there. Is this legal? Should I confront him? This all makes me feel extremely uncomfortable. [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2005 - 24 answers

How much time can I ask potential employers for before starting if they say they’d like someone in the position “as soon as possible?” [+]
posted on Feb 15, 2005 - 10 answers

After reading this comment some of us have wondered:
How common is it for employers to google prospective employees?
posted on Jan 11, 2005 - 32 answers

In California, upon leaving a job, an employer has under most circumstances at most 72 hours to pay the leaving employee their final paycheck or the employer gets fined.

Are there any similar laws which require investment/financial institutions to give the investor their funds within a certain amount of time of the request? (MI)
posted on Dec 24, 2004 - 3 answers

Is it true that it's illegal for an employer to give an employee a reference beyond confirming that the person worked for the company over a certain period of time?
posted on Jun 9, 2004 - 26 answers

After being fired (not laid off or downsized, but actually fired) from a professional level job, how do you discuss this in interviews with new potential employers?
(a little more inside)
posted on Apr 7, 2004 - 16 answers

OK, guys, the smartass has been humbled. Last weekend I experienced what should have been a mildly stressful event for the average person. However, I have fairly advanced heart disease, and the anxiety put me in the emergency room with chest pains and arrhythmia despite my normal meds and my emergency tranquilizers.

The time has come for me to seriously consider disability, as totally distasteful as I find that. Does anyone know of some objective information sites, particularly regarding how to document my condition, beyond the basic primers that Google coughs up? ( Yes, I am pursuing this through my doctor, but I want a 'second opinion'. ;-P )
posted on Feb 23, 2004 - 7 answers

Okay, speaking of new jobs, I've got one ~

How do you research a potential employer, particularly if you don't know anyone who works there? After you learn all you can from their website, Googling their key players, stock analyst sites, and F*ed Company, where else do you look? I keep thinking there's gotta be a catch with my new potential employer, but nothing's turning up.
posted on Jan 10, 2004 - 7 answers