Everyone makes them every now and then. But avoiding these common e-mail mistakes will help make communication with managers and employees stronger:
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Tags: e-mail, etiquette, subject line
An employee uses his work computer to send threatening e-mails. Is the company responsible, just because it owned the computer and network used to send the messages?
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There’s a brand new type of lawsuit employees and their lawyers are filing against companies:
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Tags: booting up, computer, lawsuit, pay, shutting down, time
Managers in every department must be careful about age discrimination. But the issue is especially potent in IT, where skill sets change constantly and older employees who don’t quickly adapt may feel they’re seen as “obsolete.”
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Starting January 15, most companies with federal contracts will be required to enroll in the Department of Homeland Security’s electronic employment verification system.
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A former IT manager will spend a year in jail after hacking into the e-mail sever of the company that fired him.
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Tags: ex-employee, hacking, IT manager, spam
Employees are bound to use their work computers for personal reasons. But is the company liable when that personal use involves illegal activities?
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Tags: company phone, harassment, negligence, work computer
When employees telecommute, the boss’s biggest fear is often that productivity will sink. Here’s some advice managers can give teleworkers to make sure the job still gets done when employees stay home:
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Tags: productivity, telecommuters
Of all the confusion over the FLSA’s overtime rules, there’s one part of the law that’s especially problematic for a lot of companies:
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Tags: computer professional exemption, FLSA, IT employees, overtime
Recent news stories highlight what experts say could be a growing problem: disgruntled IT staffers using their knowledge and skills to cause expensive problems for their employers.
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Tags: e-mail, ex-employee, IT staff, sabotage, Terry Childs
