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Labor/Employment

Dec. 27, 2003

Right to Privacy Doesn't Cover Intimate Co-Worker Relationship

Focus Column Employment Law By Dominick C. Capozzola A state Court of Appeal recently upheld the termination of a sales manager who violated the company's nonfraternization policy, holding that the constitutional right to privacy did not protect the employee's desire to pursue an intimate relationship with a co-worker. Barbee v. Household Automotive Finance Corp. , 113 Cal.App.4th 525 (2003).

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