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DECEMBER 2015
Smart Talent - Talent Matters
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Get Unstuck: Move Beyond a Career Plateau
in 2016
How's work? Feeling challenged? Passionate? Or stuck in the mud? If your career has leveled off, use these strategies to analyze your options and make choices that will move your career ahead in the new year.
"Bad News Comes in Threes": Trio of Washington Supreme Court Rulings Broaden the Reach of Public Policy Wrongful Discharge Tort
In Washington, employees are considered to be employed "at will" unless an employment contract provides otherwise. This means that an employer may generally discharge an employee for good reason, bad reason, or no reason at all. But employers may not discharge employees for illegal reasons, such as for unlawful discrimination or violation of certain whistleblower statutes. Further, the tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy has provided an additional narrow exception to the at-will doctrine where discharging an employee violates a clear public policy.
What Do Candy Bars and Employee Training Have in Common?
Sometimes "bite size" is the best size! Find out how "microlearning" can maximize your training efforts by presenting information in digestible chunks.
Quote of the Month:

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

--Confucius

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