Starbucks' Tip Dilemma: UpdateIt's Not That Clear CutI read all the responses about the tip jar settlement but it was never clear whether a lawyer was consulted by a disgruntled employee or a lawyer went looking for the case.That notwithstanding, the whole subject of tips and how they are distributed...
Starbucks' Tip DilemmaBe RighteousIf they really do pay everyone working there a salary then do away with tips entirely.When did the tipping rules change?I might come across as an old "fuddy-duddy" (or "old fart" to you younger folk), but when did we start tipping people who work a counter and...
Catholics & Fundamentalists Rev. Martin Pable Acta Publications 5559 W. Howard Street, Skokie, Illinois 60077 9780879461676, $9.95, www.actapublications.com Fundamentalists--taking ones devotion to their religion well beyond the point of sense and logic and refusing to listen to any dissenting opinion--a...
Experienced Human Resources HR professionals know this dilemma all too well - slackers and malcontents who have learned to use the threat of retaliation claims as a sword instead of a shield. Besides failing to perform their duties, these employees regularly grouse or nitpick, almost daring their supervisors to intervene....
RECRUITMENT Getting it right when it comes to work clothes can be tricky, so here are some tips. By Alice-Azania Jarvis The thing about getting dressed for work - the thing that makes it so very difficult - is that work is definitely...
Employers know the dilemma all too well - slackers and malcontents who have learned to use the threat of retaliation claims as a sword instead of a shield. Besides failing to perform their duties, these employees regularly grouse or nitpick, almost daring their supervisors to intervene. Meanwhile, frustrated supervisors put...
Byline: EMILY BRYSON YORK Here's a handy tip, courtesy of Hershey Co.: Don't market candy that looks like cocaine. The chocolate giant last week said it was discontinuing production of Ice Breakers Pacs, white-powder mints that come in thumb-size blue...
Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Noble: An anonymous Kansas woman who left a $400 tip for a waitress struggling to pay her way through college. Marlena Hayes is a full-time student at Kansas City Kansas Community College. She studies respiratory therapy...
The Principal's Purpose Leanna Stohr Isaacson Eye On Education 6 Depot Way West, Larchmont, NY 10538 9781596670488, $34.95 www.eyeoneducation.com 1-888-299-5350 The Principal's Purpose: A Practical Guide to Moral and Ethical School Leadership is a helpful guide packed cover to cover...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As legislators tip-toe through the mine fields of policy choices, they face other potential dilemmas. Whether it is building relationships with colleagues, lobbyists and staff, being attentive to their families, campaigning for reelection, doing outreach to the public or keeping ...
Soft skills can be learned in a virtual setting if trainers follow certain presentation tips. Without exception, managers and trainers highlight the importance of interpersonal skills as one of the critical components to success, but traditional classroom training is expensive and increasingly difficult to deliver to a...
Research Addresses How Initial Purchase Price Skews Lifecycle Costs KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. -- Officials of Philadelphia Gear announce the availability of a new white paper entitled The Cooling Tower Gear Drive Dilemma: Why Applying Commodity Products to an Engineered Solution Can Cause Premature Failure. The document, available...
COUNTRYSIDE: I am deluged with a plethora of inane and tacky magazines at the local supermarket, and then I come home to an island of calm, practical sense and sensibility: my latest issue of COUNTRYSIDE. Regarding cast iron: I use salt to clean mine. It's...
IHEADED to Carmel recently for some fresh air, long walks -- and a lot of eating. I came back broke and more fat than fit, but without regret. The Monterey Peninsula is truly a foodie's paradise, and a good getaway for Memorial Day Weekend. Two fantastic...
The issue of downloading classical music from the BBC for free represents a typically modern dilemma. On the face of it, why shouldn't the BBC offer back to the public recordings in which the BBC owns the copyright and which the public originally paid for? Obviously the BBC should not...
A year after the first transplant recipients enrolled in Medicare Part D prescription plans we now realize that although these plans can cut prescription costs, they are by no means a cure-all. We also know that resourcefulness and persistence are key to getting the most out of Part D benefits....
Byline: Anne-marie Winton Many of us have experienced a negotiation that is more battle than compromise. In the pensions arena, a negotiation between employer and trustee will not necessarily follow the traditional model of a commercial negotiation where each side expects there to...
PHILADELPHIA -- A successful college experience takes a lot of work - before a prospective student even sets foot on campus. One of the first steps in the college admissions process is standardized testing. Often parents and students face the dilemma of whether to take the SAT Scholastic Assessment Test...
PHOENIX -- Get away for the holidays or stay put and welcome family and friends into your home: It's an annual dilemma, and this year is no exception, according to the results of a recently released Best Western International Holiday Travel Poll conducted by Harris Interactive. For respondents...
Readers of "Excuse Me, But I Was Next ..." (Collins; $19.95) will be rewarded with solutions to a hundred social dilemmas. From what to do if one of your guests double-dips have a discreet word with the culprit and dump the dip to whether to tip your...
Articles 2006-12-01
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