Valentine’s Day has generated many stories on workplace romances. Here are two articles — How to (Legally) Hit on Your Co-Worker and Afternoon Sex, Affairs Can Be Part of Life on the Road — with comments from Tony Oncidi, a Proskauer partner.
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Employer Did Not Violate Public Policy Or Privacy Right By Terminating Manager For Dating His Subordinate
By Tony Oncidi on
Barbee v. Household Auto. Fin. Corp., 113 Cal. App. 4th 525 (2003)
Household Automotive Finance Corporation (HAFC) terminated the employment of its national sales manager, Robert Barbee, after learning that Barbee had a “special relationship” with one of his subordinate employees and after giving Barbee the choice of either ending the relationship or effecting his or the subordinate employee’s resignation. Barbee sued HAFC for…