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The article discusses some important issues that employees should do in a non-managerial role when leading and influencing colleagues to get things done. Topics mentioned include treating people fairly, listening to and considering the ideas and input of everyone, and getting the input of a few colleagues about possible changes.

The article offers news briefs related to employment issues in the U.S. including a finding by CareerBuilder that 41% of U.S. workers have dated a co-worker, 10.7% of U.S. workers as members of labor union and the approval of a proposed replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act by a pair of House committees. It is als mentioned that the individual mandate and exclusion of group health benefits from taxation are two of the key features of the proposed plan.

The article offers information regarding Fair Labor Standards Act for employee who can claim for not properly paying which takes a few casual conversations with coworkers for a single plaintiff to move a class-action lawsuit forward.

The article provides an answer to a question of getting appreciation from co-workers.

The article offers suggestions for congratulating an employee through a hand-written note including stating the reason for congratulating, avoiding jokes, and not to talk about oneself in the note.

The article presents questions to be asked of a mentor, including handling a difficult coworker or boss, the mentor's biggest career-related failure and the lessons learned from it, and recovering from setbacks.

The article presents tips on actions an employee must take before speaking with the Human Resources department including helping and resolving a conflict with a supervisor or coworker, taking time to garner the facts, focusing on one's own experiences, and having plans for resolution.

The article offers suggestions for connecting with junior co-worker including not focusing on own experience, showing interest when people are sharing information about themselves, and praising on their achievement.

The article offers suggestions to managers for maintaining their composure in the workplace. It states that when a situation triggers one's temper, one should step back from it and distinguish the facts, and mentions that handling anger as it happens will help one to avoid the unhealthy simmer-explode syndrome. It notes the importance to have a mentor or other person with whom one can discuss frustrating experiences, and cites need of walking away from a situation.

The article offers suggestions for bringing sparring co-workers together including scheduling meeting with employees, talking about their behavior and effect of their behavior on the team, adapted from the article "Employees Who Dislike Each Other."

The article offers suggestions on how to communicate with co-workers including avoiding cellphone, responding emails and texts of co-workers, adapted from the article "13 Types of Annoying CoWorkers-Make Sure You're Not One of Them" by Lauren Cahn.

The article offers suggestions for dealing with a snitch co-worker, adapted from the article "How to Find and Stop the Workplace Snitch."

The article offers suggestions by Leigh Steere, co-founder of Managing People Better, regarding supporting co-workers in their bed performances. It mentions that one should support co-workers when their performances are suffering and making their behavior patience. It states that making documents regarding problems such as decline in performance including time, date and summary of problem behavior, and one should compassionate about their co-workers' suffering time in front of executives.

The article focuses on various issues involving workplace romance in the U.S. Topics discussed include concerns over harassment and retaliation lawsuits associated with romantic relationships in the workplace and the recommendation of Laura Harshbarger, an employment law attorney with Bond, Schoeneck & King in New York, on establishing a policy for workplace romance.

The article presents suggestions for making new friends in a new setting adapted from "How To Find Friends When You Move For Your Job" by Gwen Moran at Fast Company including get to know co-workers, join groups and community organizations; and attend professional events.

The article offers tips on how one can react to co-workers or managers lying at work.

The article offers business strategies including to avoid small talk strike a conversation, update to-do list, and use fo the Google Chrome application Nope to avoid a co-worker during busy work hours.

The article provides an answer to a question of how to deal with co-workers who do not respond to Emails.

The article presents tips on how to understand the difference between a co-worker being friendly or flirty, if the person is just naturally friendly, and how to deal with it if its sexual harassment.

The article discusses how to handle unwanted solicitations from co-workers who want to sell different type of products, and states that one should directly refuse in such situations at the workplace by politely thanking the other person and saying that he/she is not interested.

The article presents strategies for business management including creating email folders based on subject, using pauses in a speech and a trick to tone an angry coworker.

The article offers tips on how to handle workmates' problems including getting involved with situations you can only improve with, adapted from the article "When You';re the Person Your Colleagues Always Vent To," by Sandra L. Robinson and Kira Schabram.

The article presents a discussion of how to maintain a good relationship with co-workers, adapted from the article "5 Things to Never Say to a Co-Worker," by J. T. O'Donnell.

The article offers tips on how to avoid virtual team failure. It presents 6 common missteps that threaten the team's success including lack of clear goals, direction or priorities, misunderstanding about the roles among team members and lack of engagement. Furthermore, it also notes tips and recommendations to improve virtual team performance.

The article discusses seven phrases compiled by Dave Willmer, executive director of OfficeTeam, in which manager does not like to hear. It mentions that employees should give their boss a warning when they cannot fulfill the task on time. It says that subordinates should ask questions to clarify the purpose behind the task. It adds that staff should avoid giving the blame to his co-workers.

The article provides information on how to express an introvert's idea to co-workers or managers. It states that introverts are reserved people who make it difficult for them to share ideas and connect with other people especially in the workplace. It cites some strategies that will help introverts in strengthening their ability to connect from Maribeth Kuzmeski, author of "The Connectors: How the World's Most Successful Businesspeople Build Relationships and Win Clients for Life."

The article presents an answer to a question related to colleagues' bugging in workplace.

The article offers tips for administrative professionals on how to deal with co-workers who got loud voice including the need to make concerted effort to speak more softly to the person who has a loud voice.

The article offers tips for administrative professionals on how to make a good first impression with co-workers, adapted from the article "How to Get Your New Co-workers to Like You from the Moment You Meet Them," by Jacquelyn Smith, which appeared in "Business Insider" magazine.

The article provides an answer to a question on how to stop a co-employee from bothering him to volunteer for company events that the former organizes.

The article offers steps on how to deal with a co-worker's perfume, cologne or other strong scent that is affecting one's allergies, asthma or gag reflex, adapted from the article "Help for Those Who Need a Fragrance-Free Workplace," by Pattie Hunt Sinacole that appeared on www.boston.com.