At 10:39 PM -0700 8/14/01, William X Walsh wrote:
>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.
Maybe, but there are also companies where certain things are treated
with such high security that such a request would be denied by the
employee, and be denied because of those "You yourself specifically
told you I am never to divulge $SECRET to you or anyone else for
security purposes."
A lot of companies put such requirements on passwords. (The "never
share your password with anyone regardless of who they are" rule) ...
My password at NSI/SRS/etc. would fall under that same blanket
criteria. I'd flatly refuse such a request. (Admittedly, I'd also
give them the password on termination day, because that's the kind of
guy I am, but still...)
A password identifies "me", not "my company".
D
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