Warwick-Hills Financial informed all employees this week that they are now required to utilize the expression "at the end of the day" when finalizing statements or summarizing points. Up until now, staffers had the option of using a number of other options, including "when all is said and done," and...

Q.  I'm an Accounts Receivable clerk, writing this from under my desk, where I have been for three days. I don’t know why I went under here. I think I just wanted to see what it felt like – away from Charlene Larrington demanding that I have the multiple...

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  Statistics show that over 12 percent of US businesses encourage employees to “give back” to the community during the holidays. Here are five examples: Every third Monday in December, the staff at Spokane’s RoughRunner spends half a day delivering artisan pretzels to certified public accountants across the city.   Says CEO...

Q) JoAnne is the Systems Coordinator in my office. She’s been there 37 years. JoAnne isn’t her real name, but I’m scared to use her real name because it might get back to her, and I don’t want to get on her bad side. Nobody wants to get on...

The number of US businesspeople whose hands are tied when it comes to addressing workplace issues, policy changes, and other actionable areas has increased by 14,000 percent since 2010. "Today there are over 15 million hands tied in the American workplace," says David McClennon, a researcher with the Pratmore Initiative. ...

H2Only   – the new water-only tasting room on Third St. in Midtown Detroit – has been going gangbusters since opening last month. “We knew people wanted a place where all they could get was water,” says owner Jan Natinsky-Kickenen, who also runs Strong, the all-spinach restaurant a few blocks...

With more people staying home and ordering carryout food, pizza chains across the country have been vigorously competing to achieve the best delivery times. It appears at least for now that Altoona, PA based PizzaSteve's has taken the lead. On Tuesday, CEO Jane Willard announced that, starting in September, customers...

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There are currently 31 Michigan municipalities looking to fill the position of town drunk, up from 22 just a year ago. "Many of them are moving onto other jobs," says Jill Timrod of the Ballter Institute, which tracks employment patterns for town drunks, pipe twisters, and 32 other occuptions.   ...

The new Cortex phone app offers users the convenience of at-home neurosurgery - and at an average savings savings of over 95 percent. “If you have to have brain surgery, where's a better place than in the comfort of your own home?” says Sandy McClain, CEO of app developers XBam2....

Employees with a healthy work/life balance have long been perceived as more valuable than their unbalanced peers - usually invited onto more task forces and getting smiled at more often by the CEO. But how does a company know employees are actually achieving this balance – and not just saying...