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... promotion, to that toughdecision to terminate an employee.Counseling may be next tothe toughest task that a manager has,with terminating an employee the hardest of all. But many managers maybe able ... executives andother higher-level managers who will agree to help them up a careerladder that has fewer rungs than it had in the past, owing to today’sflatter organizations. These individuals are searching ... out. And if Marty didindeed have a sleeping problem, Jack would have to make reasonableaccommodation for the situation. But Jack knew that he had theright to ask for confirmation of Marty’s allegation,...
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