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MARCH 13, 2024

” [Photo: Coalition of Immokalee Workers] The Fair Food Program has changed these dynamics on many farms, according to Rodriguez and other workers. The Fair Food Program was formally launched in 2011, after the coalition managed to come to an agreement with tomato growers in Florida.

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Mad in America

JULY 9, 2024

One of the most important customs across all cultures is the sharing of meals; and, as such, one of the most disrespectful behaviors a foreigner can exhibit is to spit out the food that his host serves him. But food was not shared with her. Rob Wipond’s recent article on Mad in America published interviews with two such callers.

Legal

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

A birthday in an office that’s weird about food restrictions. While the office is pretty good with not badgering people when they totally opt out of birthday celebrations, they are TERRIBLE about badgering about food choices or issues. (I I had interviewed at the new company prior to joining my current company. Here we go….

Food

Work Life

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Rules exist for drug discovery, food safety, transportation, and other industries. The legal department, however, will most likely not be the best place on the corporate org chart because an ethicist can’t be a free thinker when pressed to legally defend AI. The AI buck will stop with the ethicist.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Coworkers keep eating the food for meetings that they’re not attending. The conference room is too small to set up the food inside, so it is usually set up buffet style in a common area outside of the conference room, which is right across from my desk. Is there really no way to set up the food inside the meeting room instead?

Food

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JULY 20, 2020

Who was in the wrong on this interview assignment? I recently had an experience with an interview assignment that left me confused about whether I was in the wrong or not. Last week I had a screening call with an HR person and then a phone interview with the hiring manager for a role that sounded interesting. Here we go….

Communication

Success

DECEMBER 21, 2022

For example, Erika Lightner, a Pennsylvania mother of four children, was a food distributor warehouse picker. “I On one hand, I’ll be working up until the second I deliver,” she said in an interview before giving birth. “I In addition, many can’t afford to pursue legal action if they do face pregnancy-related discrimination.

Reporting

Work Life

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The following interview is edited and condensed. I was the person who wore the little pink-and-white uniform, brought food and water to patients and read to them. A: I was a legal secretary in California. A: I was a legal secretary in California. A: Sacrifice. I liked seeing the smile on people’s faces.

Legal

Vantage Circle

MARCH 15, 2021

Ban “culture fit” as a criterion to reject a candidate- Unconscious bias often comes into existence when interviewers want to reject someone based on “culture fit.” Train your interviewers to articulate their explanation for rejection with more empathy to uncover hidden biases.

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MAY 31, 2022

This post, I had to clean up after my boss’s toddler, refusing to interview after business hours, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I had to look everywhere since the crackers/food got everywhere, not to mention a dirty diaper in the waste bin. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

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Vantage Circle

JULY 17, 2023

Legal and Reputational Risks for the Organization Organizations that ignore workplace stereotyping face internal repercussions and external legal and reputational risks. Discrimination and bias based on stereotypes can result in legal actions, damage the organization's reputation, and lead to substantial financial costs.

Teamwork

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MARCH 5, 2018

Free food at work. Further, others in the office have told me that they have been reprimanded in their reviews for trying to apply to other positions within the college, which is by all means legal. I just had a very bizarre phone interview with a recruiter and was wondering if it is common for recruiters to do stuff like this.

Food

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AUGUST 30, 2018

Can I ask my coworker to stop bringing food to every meeting? We have no set lunch period, and many folks eat lunch at desks or bring food to meetings. One of my colleagues, regardless of the time I set up a meeting, will bring food. I have tried scheduling early meetings — he brings breakfast food. Here we go….

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AUGUST 15, 2019

My coworker tells me to order more food “for the men” In the past few months, my coworker “Jane” and I have been in charge of work events, and part of that job is to order the catering. They seem mystified and have argued that no one has ever not used their legal first name. Long interview process — and no job open.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Coworker takes so much food that other people don’t get any. Our problem is that there is one teacher who ALWAYS starts eating before the rest of us and takes a fairly large amount, several times, leaving the staff, especially the second shift of lunch, short on food! And possibly needs to hover near the food table to enforce it.

Food

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Remember the letter-writer who applied for a summer teaching job and was told the employer would only reimburse her interview travel expenses if she accepted the job ? When my letter was published, I had already gone to the weekend-long interview-seminar. Here’s the update. But don’t spend all of it!”?

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sometimes we bring food and share it among us. Last month, my boss told me and everyone else that we had lunch with that we can no longer share our food with each other. My boss said that it was favoritism because we were not inviting everyone else in the department to eat with us and share our food with them.

Food

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

Should I give feedback about my rude interviewer for an internship I want? I recently did a phone interview for an internship at a place that I was really excited to apply to. I’m typically great at interviewing and I did my best to answer the questions fully, but I don’t feel great about the whole thing.

Salary

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MAY 17, 2016

Why don’t we send a card and flowers or food, which are more traditional for condolences?”. I want to give my interviewer a portfolio demonstrating my admin skills. I am an administrative assistant and have a second job interview coming up the end of this week. Just go and do a great interview and let that speak for you.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

And if she wanted to get them a food treat, she should have ordered something and expensed it; if it’s enough of a work thing to order people to bake for it, it’s enough of a work thing to expense it). I’d happily go back for a new job or a dream interview, but not necessarily for an interview I’m lukewarm on.

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MAY 30, 2021

I think we can all agree that this is unethical so I guess my question is — is this legal? If this woman wanted to sue Converse, would she have a legal leg to stand on? But other times unscrupulous employers really did take someone’s work and use it without paying them for it, which isn’t legal or okay.

Retail

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MARCH 29, 2023

Interviewer asked about my religion, then sent me a defensive email when I complained I have been a nonprofit executive for many years. I had already been through five interviews and was having my last discussion with the committee. After the interview, I felt terrible. Especially food service (coffee shop).

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JANUARY 31, 2023

Is it OK to take notes in an interview? Is taking notes during an interview acceptable? Is that proper interview etiquette? Doing so can definitely help in remembering what was covered in the interview in order to compose follow-up emails. Taking notes during an interview is fine!

Mentoring

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AUGUST 3, 2022

He keeps the place a mess and it’s honestly embarrassing and frustrating to walk into trash and leftover food everywhere all the time. Severance is made for these situations, because the person receiving the severance typically signs a legally binding non-disparagement agreement in return for the money.

Sales

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MAY 4, 2016

Interviewing when you only have one candidate for the job. Any advice on handling this sort of only one candidate hiring/interview process? That said, if you occasionally brought back some sort of regional food treat from a trip, it would be a nice gesture — but you shouldn’t feel you have to.). Here we go….

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APRIL 3, 2015

Is there any way I can introduce it to the cover letter/interview instead, maybe? The owner also owns a fast food chain which is rapidly growing and I am currently refining their identity system ready for their next store opening. Would this come across as really weird? Yes, that would come across as really weird. Who owns my artwork?

Legal

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

Among the companies that use this practice are Southwest Airlines, Harley-Davidson, and Whole Foods Market, which have all enjoyed sustained growth after adopting explicit practices of transparency. PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. All rights reserved.

Problem-Solving

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JULY 1, 2015

Is this an infringement on my rights or is it legal? It’s legal. If what’s really going on is that your company doesn’t give references at all but only confirms dates of employment and job title, that’s also legal — and stupid. Is this coffee part of the interview process?

Cleaning

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Giving a job interviewer a free sample from my Etsy shop. I went on an interview last Thursday that went well. My interviewer said, “Oh, that’s great!” ” After the interview, she asked if I would like to stay and sit with another employee to see how a typical case is built, etc. Here we go….

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

I got through multiple rounds of interviews pretty consistently, but never got an offer. I come from a legal background so my old cover letters were kind of formal and rigid and also didn’t provide new information about myself that wasn’t already on my resume. Then, a recruiter reached out.

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APRIL 10, 2019

My parents are shocked that interviewers can see my Twitter persona. I’m currently unemployed and looking for jobs, and I’ve now had two interviews where the interviewer has commented on my online presence, and one even said she feels like she already knows me from my tweets. Is this one-interview idea even close to true? (I’ll

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NOVEMBER 13, 2022

You’ll be better served by being straightforward about it: “I have no problem with weed personally but given the laws in Texas, I’m very uncomfortable having the plants here — I’m too worried about the legal consequences for us both. Can you occasionally send them a food delivery gift card so they can have a meal delivered at the same time?

Legal

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

We’re in the process of interviewing and we’ve found a great candidate that we might be ready to move forward with. We had something of an exit interview (over the phone – again, not the way I would have preferred to do this), and discussed why she was being fired. They know me as Barnaby Warbleworth, my legal name.

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

Is this legal? Yep, it’s legal. They could ban all cruciferous vegetables or all red foods or animal products or, yes, coffee and tea. I did the work with that understanding and we’re legally required to adhere to it. You may also like: can I ask someone to interview his replacement so that I can fire him?

Payroll

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AUGUST 12, 2015

Is there anything that we can legally say to her? The most recent event I planned was for a fun team-building activity where the activity and food cost less than $800. Hiring manager is flying to me for an interview. Once I submitted my interest via email, the hiring manager emailed to schedule a brief phone interview.

Office Chairs

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

My boss took it from there and notified our legal department. Best of all, I have a separate exit — I can come and go with very little “parading” of delicious food or drink past co-workers! I told my boss about what I knew and had overheard the day after your letter was published.

Insurance

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A reader writes: A friend of mine has been really down on his luck job-wise, but he’s finally managed to pass the final round of interviews for an IT position at a church. Also, if my friend makes less than the minimum salary requirement for exempt employees after the tithe, is it still legal to require it?

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