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There are many reasons supervisors may deliver warnings to employees whose conduct negatively impacts business, such as customer complaints, repeat absenteeism or contributing to a toxic work environment.

The saying “Kill them with kindness,” is instruction to be nice to the people who mistreat you, in an effort to pacify them, stop the mistreatment, or endure it. In combating racism, kindness will never be enough.

For decades, women have been moving closer to equality with men in the workplace, particularly in workforce participation and pay. A once-in-a-century pandemic has undone much of that progress.

The day before Vice President Kamala Harris assumed office on Jan. 20, the internet was aflutter with posts reiterating variations of the same momentous sentence: “This is the last day that we can say there has never been a woman vice president.”

When Kate Tobiasson, a Westborough resident who spent nearly 15 years working as an English teacher at three different Central Massachusetts school districts, was about to give birth to her first son in February 2013, she had fortunately saved enough accrued paid time off over several years. 

When Kamala Harris was sworn in as the country’s first female vice president, the Natick-based women’s clothing company Nic + Zoe celebrated the milestone on Instagram.

When Matt Zicaro joined forces with Michael O’Brien of Galaxy Development, they launched a new development firm – Galaxy Life Sciences – committed to building out the bioscience industry in Central Massachusetts.

With the incoming President Joe Biden Administration, fresh resources will be brought to bear to accelerate testing and tracing programs, as well as new plans for mass inoculations.

It comes down to the definitions of small businesses and the favoritism banks – notably Bank of America, which is now facing multiple lawsuits – have shown to the biggest of small businesses.

People are on the move at UMass Medical School, North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce and more.