Tatt L. Tale was beside himself. His company FreshLike Grocers was the largest supplier of food sold and shipped to U.S. troops in the Middle East during the Iraq war. One day, Tatt caught his boss Kot “Red” Handid changing the “use-by” labels on the food it was supplying. Freshlike Grocers did nothing to stop
Employers liability for Employee’s Conduct
Sales representatives of Bedlam Pharmaceuticals invited a client’s employee Fonda Looney to join them for lunch. After lunch and an afternoon of drinking at Sam n’ Ella’s Pub & Cafe, a heavily intoxicated Nurse Looney drove home at speeds up to 95 mph when she rammed into another car killing the infant in the passenger
Publishing Trade Secrets
Popeye Church, a budding chef, wanted to revive “country cooking,” with fried chicken as his signature dish. However after many tries, he failed to create a great recipe and became obsessed with cracking the code of the best-kept culinary secret in the fried chicken industry – the inimitable 11 herbs and spices of Pennsylvania Fried
Independent Contractor vs. an Employee
As a result of the economic downturn, business at the Bedrock Granite Quarry was not rocking along. Mr. Slate, the owner of the quarry, was forced to reduce his workforce and hire “independent contractors”, like Barney Rubble, to perform work on an as needed basis. Rubble has been working at the Bedrock Granite Quarry since
Avoiding Getting Sued for Spam
Chris P. Letus doesn’t like burgers, shakes or Spam*. In 2008, Letus received an e-mail inviting him to King Burger to “taste the savory new bacon-loaded steak burger.” Letus immediately replied, “unsubscribe.” Two months later, King Burger sent Letus another e-mail about the bacon-loaded steak burger boasting about its “irresistible aroma.” Yet another e-mail was
Un-Paid Internships 101
Boisterous Billy Clint is a TV and film director in Los Angeles. With the economic downturn, times are slow in the film business. Billy laid off most of his corporate staff last year just to keep the doors open. Hoping to get the rights to produce the next big show, Billy still has administrative work
Hair Care Meets Obama Care
Ivana Cut owns Curl Up & Dye, a successful chain of hair salons. Curl Up & Dye currently employs 47 full time stylists and, with the promising positive turn around in the economy, is planning to hire 5 new employees within the next year. The company does not currently provide health insurance benefits to its
Supervisors and FLSP Overtime Exemption
For over ten years Dudleydil E. Gent has been the purchasing manager for Effervescent Electronics, at one time supervising as many as ten purchasing agents. Due to the failing economy and lagging sales and in a desperate attempt to save his company, the Effervescent owner Julius C. Dithers directed four forced layoffs in the last
Dangers of Employee Cell Phone Use?
Daneka Dodgy blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for her veering her sponsor’s million-dollar sports car into on-coming traffic near Galveston, crashing into Wilma Woondednee’s car and overturning it so that Wilma’s driver’s side hit and then slid along the roadway. The luxury French-built Bugatti Veyron provided to Daneka by her sponsor
Recognizing Employees’ Holidays
Gurglin’ Guideon Cavatelli is upset with his boss Shank Brisket. Cavatelli and his fellow believers at the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster celebrate the third Wednesday in December by taking a pilgrimage to the Great Pasta Patch to try to catch the Flying Spaghetti Monster rising up to spread carbohydrate girth and mirth to