Kris Kringle wanted to celebrate the Christmas season in style with a knock-out-the-lights “Christmas Party” complete with a turkey dinner and all the trimmings. However, human resources manager Holly Dais insisted that the bash must be called a “Holiday Party” due to the diverse nature of the workforce. Holly implied that to call the company
Can You Fire Employees for Any Reason?
Based upon Holly Dais’ advice, Kris Kringle opts to throw a “Holiday Party.” The big day arrives and RevvedUp Retailer’s employees gather for a traditional turkey dinner at a swanky resort. The setting is beautiful and everyone is having a jolly time until some of RevvedUp Retailers employees reveal they don’t like turkey. Kris Kringle
Creative Prenuptual Agreements
Sally Svelte was just wild about Harry. They agreed to exchange traditional wedding vows – with just a couple of additions written into a prenuptial agreement.
Harry, smitten by Sally’s slender 120 pound figure and her famous Thanksgiving Holiday Pecan Pie, proposed that her weight must stay at 120 pounds. The agreed contractual penalty for
Costs of Protracted Litigation
Delilah aka “Dirty” Dancer enjoyed gyrating at the Friday night community gatherings held in the local Town Hall of Mainstreet, USA. Regrettably, Dirty’s 56 year old grooving was viewed by many members of the cozy community as a little too “unorthodox” for their “G Rated” children. Dirty Dirty’s dancing limelight was snuffed when she was
Returning Preferential Payments to the Bankruptcy Court
Recently Cash Crash met a CFO of a large computer software company on a plane. The CFO was beaming because he just collected a $1 million receivable from GIA – money that would not have been paid without the economic bailout. Cash Crash asked the CFO if he considered the possibility that his money may
Federal Election Campaign Law
John is the CEO of a national retail chain. He is a big supporter of the Whig party and enthusiastic about the upcoming election. John loves to talk politics with his employees in the workplace and even hangs candidate signs on the outside of the building. Sometimes he invites his employees to join him at
Are School Lockers Subject to Search?
On Monday morning, at Uptown High School, Buffy reported to the school Principal that her Chanel sunglasses and iPod nano were missing from her locker. After lunch, Suzy Snitch told Uptown’s Principal that she saw Kandi Klepto trying to sell a pair of sunglasses to another student during lunch. The Principal decided to search Kandi’s
Liability for Hunting Accidents
Buck, Dick and Buddy were old college friends who hunted together every year over dove season’s opening weekend. This year, plenty of summer rainfall filled up even the shallowest tanks, so the dove were not flying to water like normal. So the three friends started down a sunflower row, each carrying a 12-gauge shotgun with
Recording a Telephone Conversation in Texas
Michael is the owner of Phelps Sports & Outdoors, which carries a full range of sporting goods and apparel. Michael is anticipating a surge in interest in swimming after the widely televised and viewed Democracy Games, and wants to have the latest and most sought after swimming merchandise available. The Speezo LZB Speedster swimsuit is
Employee Polygraph Tests
Parker Puppy Professionals Inc. employed Fifi as a salesperson at its dog clothing and gourmet food boutique. Boomer, the store manager, noticed that dog biscuits, rhinestone dog collars and money from the cash register were “short” on days that Fifi worked. Boomer asked Fifi about the missing biscuits, collars and money, but Fifi denied knowing