1.   And with the onset of hard times, workplace specialists say, the newfound tolerance of some employers toward ex-felons may be short-lived.

2.   And that, workplace specialists say, is a typical response by employees to an emergency.

3.   At high-tech start-ups, workplace specialists say, they are almost nonexistent.

4.   Even so, some workplace specialists are worried.

5.   Ever since the Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect more than eight years ago, lawyers and workplace specialists have debated the meaning of the word disability.

6.   Even so, workplace specialists say, layoff rumors and gossip tend to intensify fear and anxiety during an economic downturn.

7.   How leaders handle those duties in the aftermath of this tragedy will determine how they are judged by their superiors in coming months, say workplace specialists.

8.   Meanwhile, workplace specialists are attributing the surge to the labor shortage, increased competition, and a more critical, and discerning, consumer.

9.   Workplace specialists say the fear of public speaking is one of the most common career-stoppers in America.

10.   Workplace specialists agree.