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Employers can be a lot like boyfriends or girlfriends. Sometimes you get it right from the start, and sometimes you get it all wrong and don't realize it until too late. So what can you do when you end up working somewhere that's a hostile or abusive workplace? The...
Researchers at Rutgers and Syracuse Universities have concluded from a recent study that employers readily discriminate against well-qualified disabled candidates.The study consisted of researchers sending resumes for fictitious candidates to thousands of accounting...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has labeled the four most common construction accidents the "fatal four." If these causes of injury were eliminated, over 500 American workers' lives could be saved every year. Once you know these causes of these...
Today, many cars can self-park in parallel parking spots and other tricky situations. Many cars also have motion sensors and can begin stopping for you if you don't detect a hazard in time. By 2016, General Motors plans to have super-cruise enabled cars with...
It's back-to-school season, which means many college students are searching for internships to meet their school's requirements for graduation-especially if they are close to graduation. And many companies are searching for interns, too. After all, it means that they...
The work lunch-it's good and bad. The bad is that you're spending yet more time with coworkers. The good is that you get paid-or do you? There's no federal law mandating that employees be paid for meals or breaks. So what should you expect?In West Virginia, state and...
Hit-and-run accidents are infuriating. It's not fair to the victim, and it's illegal to leave the scene of an accident-any accident, no matter how minor. You may certainly pull your vehicles out of the way of traffic if no one is gravely injured and the vehicles are...
Whether they are Facebook, personal email, catching up on their favorite shows on Hulu or Amazon, or even playing video games, many people have made an art form out of multitasking. Some workplaces have banned access to certain sites in order to keep employees on...
Nearly any article you read on workplace harassment, discrimination or unjustified firing will tell you to document everything. That is difficult if the events have already taken place and you have been escorted out.The best way to protect yourself and your employment...
Workplace violence is a very real problem-around 2 million workers are the victims of workplace violence every year. And because it's legal in most states to bring a firearm to work as long as you keep it in your car, guns are easily accessible to most employees.Most...