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DEAR CARRIE: My 16-year-old daughter recently applied for a part-time position in a local chain store. As part of the application process, she was required to complete a lengthy questionnaire, a sort of "honesty test." One question asked if it was a crime...

Q: For several years I worked for a national retailer that conducted annual surveys of its employees. We were asked our candid opinions about our supervisors and supposedly the information was confidential. One year, which turned out to be my last with...

DEAR CARRIE: My company recently merged with another, so we have a new district manager. He and I got off to a bad start because he divulged my salary and caused an uproar among my new co-workers. Some of them do the same job as I but make considerably...

Q: I tripped in the office and afterward found it so difficult to walk that I went to a worker's compensation doctor. I didn't think the injury was serious, but the doctor did and told me to go to an emergency room. I had sent an e-mail to the...

Q: I work as a manager. I have two concerns: First, my employer has asked everyone, including managers, to clock in, which sounds illegal since managers aren't paid by the hour. And, second, I'm concerned that the company has misclassified me as someone...