Carrie Mason-Draffen

Carrie Mason-Draffen 6/24/13 Help Wanted: Disclosing tips to employer

DEAR CARRIE: I do facials in a day spa and receive tips for the service. ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 6/17/13 Help Wanted: Exit routes in the workplace

DEAR CARRIE: I work for a major local retailer after closing hours. At that time, ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 6/10/13 Help Wanted: Overtime for home-health aides

DEAR CARRIE: How many hours a day and week are home health aides required to ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 6/3/13 Help Wanted: Late-night safety

I sometimes have to work alone in the office until 9 or 10 p.m. The ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 5/20/13 Help Wanted: Rating caveat

DEAR CARRIE: My employer reduces the performance ratings of employees who take time off and ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 5/19/13 Managing and growing a $2B company

Industrial tools and supplies may not be glitzy products to sell, but selling them has ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 5/13/13 Help Wanted: Health, safety in the workplace

DEAR CARRIE: I have some health and safety concerns about the company where I work. ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 5/7/13 Help Wanted: Who pays for job tuition perk?

DEAR CARRIE: My husband was hired at his current company with the stipulation that he ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 4/29/13 Help Wanted: Pay cut may not be fair, but likely legal

DEAR CARRIE: Is it legal for a company to cut salaries? I work as a ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 4/23/13 For job search, think like an insider

DEAR CARRIE: I have sent resumes to various companies that advertised job openings either in ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 4/15/13 Help Wanted: Read the fine print

Help Wanted occasionally focuses on a single topic. Today's column tackles commissions. ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 4/9/13 Help Wanted: Gender pay disparities

DEAR CARRIE: My daughter works part time for a retailer at a local mall. She ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 4/2/13 Help Wanted: What constitutes overtime

DEAR CARRIE: I own a small construction-service company that provides laborers to work sites. Right ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 3/25/13 Help Wanted: Boss always on your tail

DEAR CARRIE: I have been working at the same company for many years. A few ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 3/19/13 How much should a cab driver owe each day?

DEAR CARRIE: My grandson works for a taxi service and has to pay for everything. ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 3/12/13 Help Wanted: Did this employee exploit grief leave?

DEAR CARRIE: My boss and I need your help for a situation we are facing. ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 3/4/13 Help Wanted: Laid off, with noncompete deal

DEAR CARRIE: I was laid off after working for an insurance company for 25 years. ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 2/26/13 Can boss demand storm pay giveback?

DEAR CARRIE: I work as a part-time, nonexempt food service worker in a school district. ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 2/25/13 New U.S. labor statistics chief is from Great Neck

Economist Erica L. Groshen, a Great Neck resident and former New York Federal Reserve Bank ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 2/18/13 Help Wanted: Managers' hours up to the boss

DEAR CARRIE: My company hired managers whose hours were 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. After ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 2/11/13 Help Wanted: Workers' comp for part-timers

DEAR CARRIE: I own a small business. I have a part-time employee who works just ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 2/5/13 Help Wanted: Long workdays, forced lunches

DEAR CARRIE: My husband works as a salaried manager for an international shipping company, and ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 1/28/13 Help Wanted: Charging employees for lunch

DEAR CARRIE: My daughter works as a hostess at a well-known local restaurant. The business ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 1/21/13 Help Wanted: Bias on merit raises?

DEAR CARRIE: I work at the U.S. headquarters of a small European airline. Over the ... Read more »

Carrie Mason-Draffen 1/15/13 Help Wanted: Religious harassment at work

DEAR CARRIE: I work in a furniture store. Our department supervisor is a church pastor ... Read more »