Re: employment law, overtime

["Claire Conant" <claireconant -at- comcast -dot- net>]

Actually, yes. This was settled in 2000. It was huge. As a result, if you 
work as a contractor at Microsoft (not a vendor), then you can only work 
there for a year. At the one year mark you have to have a break in 
employment of 100 days. This also prohibits moving from one area of the 
corporation to another or onto a completely unrelated project within 
Microsoft.

Why 100 days?  It was a random - what I call aerial extraction - number. The 
purpose is the person has to sever all ties with the company and this 
separation does that. I had to go through the 100 days, and it made it very 
complicated to get an interim job at the time. Three months would have been 
easier. One month would have been perfect.

If you are a vendor, however, there is no one year deal. You can continue on 
there for years that way. Vendors would be someone through a consulting firm 
or such that is placed there or doing ongoing work for one of their groups.

Claire
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From: "Al Geist" <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>

> If memory serves me correctly, didn't Microsoft end up in a huge lawsuit 
> for
> doing the same thing back in the 70s and 80s?
>
 

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