From: Connecticut Employment Law Blog
In case you missed it, a California court recently upheld a 4.1
billion aribration award to a former executive who brought a
wrongful termination suit against his former employer. The National
Law Journal has a good analysis today of what happened here, as
well.ampnbsp ampnbsp Although this blog covers issues applilcable
to Connecticut employers, the lessons learned from this California
case -- which seems to be the largest single plaintiff employment
law case award ever -- are applicable to employers
everywhere.ampnbsp Numerous other blogs have done a great job
recapping the case so Im not going to spend time here doing so. For
a employee perspective, check out the Employee Rights Post
recap.ampnbsp For an employer perspective, check out the Manpower
Employment Blawg.ampnbsp And for a h...
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