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The excitement of March Madness inevitably provokes the debate: Just how much slacking is OK on the job? The answer is absolutely none, if you're talking to your manager. But if you're reading this while at work, it might be a matter you feel requires some clarification.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - While New York is a melting pot of races and cultures, racial and gender discrimination is still prevalent in the city's restaurant industry, according to a study released on Tuesday.

There is life and work in parts of the economy, from health care workers to hard hats.

NEW YORK - With ''no end in sight'' for U.S. job losses amid a recession that could stretch into 2010, American workers will soon have to contend with another blow to their confidence: stagnant, or even falling wages. Lower wages, in turn, could further erode the outlook for the U.S. economy by hurting consumers' spending power.

U.S. private companies hemorrhaged nearly 700,000 jobs in February and the service sector slump deepened as the year-old recession showed little sign of abating, according to data released on Wednesday.

Farewell e-mails become an art form in this age of pink slips. Some are funny, some are sad -- and some are just plain furious. It was not the most eloquent subject line for a farewell e-mail to 5,000 co-workers: "So long, suckers! I'm out!"

Private sector employment decreased by 522000 last month, according to ADP’s national employment report released Wednesday. The report is compiled from actual payroll data and measures the change in total nonfarm private employment each month.

It was a few hundred years ago that Benjamin Franklin made the observation that time is money. The same is still true today, and workers are constantly trying to strike the right work/life balance to get as much as they can of both.

After the initial shock of losing a job wears off, some people get angry and assume their former employer is trying to screw them out severance pay or vacations days.

Microsoft Corp is considering significant layoffs across its various divisions, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the company’s plans.