Tag: AMD

Is All Paid Time Off Considered “Vacation”?

By Jennifer Carsen Sep 12, 2011 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

California employers are familiar with the state law making “use it or lose it” vacation policies unlawful, so you must pay employees any unused, accrued vacation upon termination of employment. But what is a vacation policy? Is all paid time off considered “vacation”?

News Notes: Jury Sides with Employer in Muslim Bias Case

By Jennifer Carsen Oct 1, 2003 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

A federal jury in San Jose has sided with Sunnyvale chip maker Advanced Micro Devices on allegations that executive Walid Maghribi was forced to quit shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, after AMD chairman Jerry Sanders learned Maghribi was a Lebanese Muslim. Maghribi charged the company made his job intolerable because of […]