Employee worked in the same position for companies owned by members of same family before being dismissed
Family businesses can be particularly susceptible to challenging economic times and, as a result, they frequently search for ways to organize themselves corporately in a manner that limits their liability to creditors and employees alike. Having said that, as the Maccarone family discovered in the case of Dear v. Glamour Designs Ltd., courts will be hesitant to allow the transfer of an employee from one corporation to a related one to reduce the length of her continuous service.
