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Olivia Bucks/The OregonianKoalani Colvin lights up outside the Cheerful Tortoise sports bar near Portland State University on Thursday. A new law expands the state's workplace smoking ban to restaurants, bars and almost everywhere else where people hold jobs indoors. Smokers...With technology and a changing workplace in which one can teleconference from the car or work out of the local coffee shop, it's time to rethink the employee handbook. Thousands of businesses are shutting down shop and laying off employees. Here's how to protect yourself.Thomas Kooger asked to visit his dad for his 11th birthday on Friday. So his mom drove Thomas and his two younger brothers to Victoria [...]Workplace fatalities in Texas hit a six-year high as of 2007, according to newly released figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Diversification is going to be the key to staying afloat in the turbulent workplace of 2009, which is why, in an attempt to broaden its operation, this column recently bid for the Andy and Jamie Murray management account. Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA), a UK-based management consulting firm, plans to run what it terms a "Virtual Working trial in Cyberspace involving leaders from some of the leading companies in the world" this coming February. The experiment will be lead by two faculty members from the University of Portsmouth with backgrounds in in-game learning and collaborative traditions. Andrew ...According to statistics, 60 per cent of women acknowledge that sexual harassment at the workplace is rampant. Yet, the awareness and implementation of the Vishaka Guidelines remain poor, laments A PandeyIn a weakening economy, thousands of businesses are closing up shop and laying off employees. A company's impending bankruptcy can have devastating consequences for fearful employees, says Lisa Lane Brown, author of "The Courage to Win: A Revolutionary Mental Toughness Formula."Some of 2008's zaniest examples of wonkiness in the workplace Yahoo! News Search Results for Workplace
