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Subject:RE: employment law, overtime From:"Michael L. Wyland" <michael -at- sumptionandwyland -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:22:53 -0600
Al:
Yes, and, actually, the history goes back a lot further than that in
the IT world. I worked as a contractor for IBM in the early '80s,
and was limited in how long I could remain as a contractor. IBM had
been sued - successfully - a number of years before (1970s?) by
long-term contractors and forced to pay benefits. As a result, they
enforced time limits on all subsequent contracts.
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