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11 Tips on How to Negotiate a Job Offer

If you’ve just been offered a new job, you might be wondering how to start your new career with the best employment contract. Negotiation of your job contract not only sets the tone for your professional relationship with your employer, but it also determines your career trajectory.

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When Your Boss Can and Can’t Ask About Your Health

There are times when your health directly impacts your employment. There may be times you need to call in sick or situations when you need to take time off from work for medical reasons. Also, medical cases are sometimes part of casual conversation. If you show up at your job …

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Documentation Required for Wrongful Termination Cases

Losing a job is always devastating, but it is even worse when you feel you have been fired unjustly. Luckily, the law protects workers from wrongful termination. If you think you may have a wrongful termination lawsuit, there are a few steps you should take, including reaching out to …

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Can You Be Fired for Supporting a Coworkers’ Discrimination Claim?

Discrimination can occur in any workplace. When it happens to a colleague, you may be asked to support their claim. If you have seen evidence of workplace harassment, unfair demotion or dismissal due to discrimination based on a worker’s sex, race, religion, sexual orientation or other characteristics, you may want …

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You’re Fired: Can You File for Wrongful Termination?

Being fired from a job is always painful, but suspecting you were unfairly treated and affected by wrongful work termination can be even more devastating. Wrongful termination laws are meant to protect workers from this situation, but unfortunately, discriminatory firing still occurs.

Wrongful termination refers to termination that violates an …

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