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Labor/Employment

Aug. 20, 2004

Firing Employees for Off-Work Conduct Is OK

Focus Column - Employment Law - By John J. Manier - California employers breathed a collective sigh of relief when the Court of Appeal recently affirmed that Labor Code Sections 96(k) and 98.6 do not support a public policy against employee discharge based on lawful off-work conduct that is "otherwise unprotected by the Labor Code." Grinzi v. San Diego Hospice Corp., 120 Cal.App.4th 72 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. 2004).

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