Tuesday, Tuesday, August 14, 2001, 9:17:33 PM, Derek Balling wrote:
> At 7:57 PM -0700 8/14/01, William X Walsh wrote:
>>Tuesday, Tuesday, August 14, 2001, 7:18:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> Hmmm...but what do you do when you fire the guy that has the combination of
>>> the safe in his head?
>>
>>You get the combination before giving him his final check :)
> In many states, you cannot do that legally. e.g., if $employee has
> some intellecutal property wrapped up in his head, you still have to
> pay him. If $employee has got physical material that belongs to the
> company, you still have to pay him. There are many states where the
> legal position "ah, that's nice. Pay him, and then take him to court
> if you want $something, because he's earned that pay and there's
> nothing you can do to change that."
I didn't mean to withhold the pay. I meant more like, you get the
information you need from him before letting him know that you are no
longer in need of his services.
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Best regards,
William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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