Court Upholds Law Firm's Firing of Paralegal Over Smoke Breaks ...Law.com: 2 views since Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 10:06 PMA paralegal who defied a policy that banned smoke breaks for hourly employees was fired legally, a New York appeals court ruled Thursday. A partner in the Rochester law firm said the policy started to be enforced after some breaks were drawn out to half an hour, and one employee was found sleeping in a car. From her new job, Karen Kridel called the breaks "a benefit to everyone, especially ...
Published in: Law