Archive for November, 2007

Just Following Orders

Posted by Lori Dorn on November 26th, 2007

Seems that the excuse “I was just following orders” never works.
From SFGate:

Prosecutors argued Monday that a former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. executive was a key enforcer in an illegal accounting scheme, while her attorney said she was just following instructions when she backdated stock options.
Stephanie Jensen, Brocade’s former vice president of human resources, went on [...]

Brand New I-9

Posted by Lori Dorn on November 8th, 2007

Read it, know it, live it, love it.
From Roger Tsai at ilw.com:
USCIS Releases New I-9 Form
Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a new Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) available at http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-9.pdf. Since 1986, employers have had to complete I-9 Forms for all new employees regardless of their immigration status. This new revised I-9 Form [...]

Mowed Down?

Posted by Lori Dorn on November 6th, 2007

This is going to be an interesting case for California, a state that has a medical marijuana law that is in direct opposition to federal law.
The California Supreme Court today heard arguments in the case of an employee who was terminated from his position in 2001 for failing a company drug screen.
Said employee, [...]