The city's actions at the time, the prosecutors said, "had a chilling effect on the candor of some city employees," limited the ability of city investigators "to get at the truth," and significantly slowed the inquiry.
Mr. Nicholas was known for his hard-driving anti-Silicon-Valley management style, which included imposing a dress code, pushing his and his employees' limits, and playing as hard as he worked.
The FDA declared Nippon's drug products to be "adulterated" because company employees limited the FDA's inspection of the Hyogo facility, including by refusing to permit the FDA investigator to enter the quality control laboratory.
The sample size of 308 survey employees limited this study's power.
But for many firms, Christiansen says, a better move is to push workforces under the 50-employee limit by offering current employees contracts for doing their work as a "corporate entity" instead of as an "employee".
One could argue that small firms just below the threshold of 15 employees would be the most reluctant to hire more employees as they may then exceed the 15-employees limit and face stricter EPL.
The downturn prompted Intel last week to delay raises for employees and limit new hiring.
For small-business owners and their employees, the limit on retirement plans would present another concern.
They allow employees to limit losses, raise cash, or diversify their portfolios without selling the underlying holdings.
Companies that set up 401(k) plans for their employees can limit maximum contributions at levels below the legal ceiling.
Late last year, the brokerage firm slashed the salaries of its executives by 5percentto50percentcent, froze most hiring and told employees to limit their spending on travel and entertainment.
