High-tech firms defy pay rules, state says

kirsten neilsen kirsten at infothecary.org
Fri Jun 18 09:37:38 PDT 1999


listers might be interested in a (long) article about california's attempts to step up enforcement of labor laws in silicon valley. the article appears today on the san jose mercury site.

http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/003395.htm

example of employer sentiment:

Michael Lotito, vice chairman of the Society for Human Resources Management and a San Francisco employment lawyer who is defending a high-tech company against an unpaid wages claim, laments the government's efforts to make old laws fit the new workplace.

"In the past when there were problems, employees used to get together to form a union," Lotito said. "Now they go to the government and consult the `how to sue the company for free' bulletin board."



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