Formally lay out the steps an employee may take to appeal an employer's decision to terminate that employee.

leading indicators

trend analyses

transitional matrices

due-process policies

employment-at-will contracts

China's new 5 percent tax on disposable wooden chopsticks, reflecting concerns about deforestation, has been praised by environmentalists. the move is hitting hard at the japanese, who consume 25 billion set of wooden chopsticks annually. almost all of the chopsticks used in japan come from china. the reuirements for chinese manufacturers of wooden chopsticks to pay the 5 percent tax is a factor in their external environment.