Archive for August, 2006

The Wrong Way to Term

Posted by Lori Dorn on August 30th, 2006

Although this isn’t specific to California, it still needs to be posted:
From AP:
RadioShack Corp. notified about 400 workers by e-mail that they were being dismissed immediately as part of planned job cuts.
Employees at the Fort Worth headquarters got messages Tuesday morning saying: “The work force reduction notification is currently in progress. Unfortunately your position is [...]

Om’s Jobs

Posted by Lori Dorn on August 30th, 2006

Earlier this month I wrote about Mike Arrington’s job board, this time it’s about my friend Om Malik. Many of you may know him from Business 2.0. Now he’s going full time with his blog. And he has a job board worth checking out.
Way to go Om.

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Posted by Lori Dorn on August 23rd, 2006

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AB 1835

Posted by Lori Dorn on August 21st, 2006

Per SF Gate and the San Jose Mercury News as well as various other newspapers across the country, in a move that the Guvernator calls a “common sense solution”, a deal has been reached to increase California’s minimum wage by $1.25 per hour over the next two years.
If approved by the legislature, the [...]

At-Will Getting Closer to What it Means

Posted by Lori Dorn on August 11th, 2006

The California Supreme Court determined recently that the at-will provisions of employment in California are really at-will. In the case of Dore vs. Arnold Worldwide Inc. the court clarified that the provision is enforcable based on its plain meaning.
From the Thelen and Reid newsletter:
Defendant Arnold Worldwide, Inc. (AWI), an advertising agency, recruited plaintiff Brook [...]

A Little Late

Posted by Lori Dorn on August 9th, 2006

On August 3, 2006, TechCrunch launched a new job site called CrunchBoard. I know, slow to the punch here, but I was out of town, visiting family in Florida and didn’t keep up with the news.
According to Mike Arrington, Founder of TechCrunch and now CrunchBoard, the idea for the site came to [...]