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Employers may bar coworker relationships, appellate court says.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-MAR-04 		Format: Online - approximately 764 words
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Full Article Title: Employers may bar coworker relationships, appellate court says.(California)

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A company's policy regarding intimate relationships between coworkers invalidated an employee's reasonable expectation of privacy, a California appeals court has ruled. (Barbee v. Household Auto. Fin. Corp., 6 Cal. Rptr. 3d 406 (Ct. App. 2003).) The court unanimously affirmed a lower court's grant of summary judgment for the employer; the judge had found that terminating the employee because of his relationship with a subordinate violated neither his constitutional right to privacy nor the state labor code.

"The extent of a privacy interest under the California constitution is not independent of the circumstances," Justice Cynthia Aaron wrote. "Even when a legally cognizable privacy interest is present, other factors may affect a person's reasonable expectation...

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