Company News Interplay update: unpaid employees file complaints

[Vault Dweller]

Tags: Interplay

According to the <a href=http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2004/06/20/>Orange Country Register</a>, 20 employees who haven't been paid for weeks finally figured out that something is wrong and filed complaints. The state ordered Herve to show up with the payroll records, but that crafty bugger claimed that a dog ate them. The state officials are now looking for that dog.
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<blockquote>Twenty employees of Interplay Entertainment Corp. have now filed complaints with the state labor agency because they have not been paid for weeks. The complaints spurred an investigation of Interplay's payroll records by the state's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
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Interplay, known for computer games such as "Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II," (How funny is this? - VD) wasn't paying its bills and was forced out of its Irvine headquarters this week by its landlord. The company had let its workers' compensation insurance lapse, causing the state to shut the business down two weeks ago until Interplay renewed coverage a few days later. Employees say that they haven't been paid since April.
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Herve Caen, Interplay's CEO, missed two meetings with the state investigators this week, said Dean Fryer, a spokesman for the California Labor commissioner. The state has now ordered Caen to show up for a meeting Monday, equipped with Interplay's payroll records. Caen told investigators Thursday that he no longer has access to the records because they are on computers that have been put in storage, Fryer said. "This doesn't release him from his past responsibilities," Fryer said. "It seems to me that he could just plug in a computer and get the records."
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Caen could not be reached Friday for comment. Earlier this week, Interplay spokesman Luke Haase said the company is still seeking more funding. Paying employees will be a priority, he said.
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If Caen fails to deliver the payroll records and pay employees, the state will move forward and hold formal hearings, Fryer said. The state could also put liens on Interplay's assets or turn the case over to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
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</blockquote>I guess the question that's on everybody's mind is <b>Why won't you die already?</b>
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[Rosh]

The state ordered Herve to show up with the payroll records, but that crafty bugger claimed that a dog ate them. The state officials are now looking for that dog.

The rumors abounding in the shady porn industry in Paris is that the dog is starring in Fifi's next movie.

Fifi Goes to the Farm

It's in the twin pack along with Fifi Goes to Jail. Personally, the whole prison rape thing just doesn't do anything for me. I'm not Scottish, nor New Zealander, so the other film likewise...ugh.

Fifi, you raunchy, raunchy Frenchman!

 

[StraitLacedDeviant]

The computer is in storage so he can't get to the records. Thats pretty weak even for him. Is it in storage in a pocket dimension which only opens every 99 years?

No, its probably in his garage doused with petrol with faulty wiring anywhere just waiting for someone to turn on the lights.

 

[Elwro]

Shit, be quick about it or I'll lose the pool!

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Turning it over to the District Attorney.. That means criminal procedings if I'm not mistaken.

 

[DamnElfGirl]

Why is Herve still available for comment? Is he so incompetent that he doesn't even know how to be a shady CEO?

Psst, Herve. Buy land in Cuba. Suggest fleeing there soon.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Any jail time or just major fines putting him into the poor house for the rest of his life?

 

[Whipporowill]

Interplay - "the Thing that Shouldn't Be"

 

[Country_Gravy]

Hey, Herve. One suggestion. Before they freeze your assests, buy a case of lube. You're going to need it where they will be sending you.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Hey Rosh, in Fifi goes to the farm, will there be Bull and Mule gangbangs?

 

[Freethis]

Thanks.

 

[taks]

i doubt they'll be freezing his assets, since accounts in the cayman islands are hard to get at. once the labor dept. gets involved and finds out he's been deducting for benefits but not providing benefits, it'll be interesting to see which indictments they shoot for first...

taks

 

[Lasakon]

He will become a mythical figure when he escapes from the United States. Every two-bit game-journalist will hunt him down. I suppose the only way they could stay a float would be to sell has many of it's properties has possible. He's fighting a losing battle though, he might has well either give up or get the hell out of the country.

 

[taks]

a new game perhaps, modeled after the carmen sandiego series... "Where's Herve Caen?"

taks

 

[Country_Gravy]

i doubt they'll be freezing his assets, since accounts in the cayman islands are hard to get at. once the labor dept. gets involved and finds out he's been deducting for benefits but not providing benefits, it'll be interesting to see which indictments they shoot for first...

taks

Great! Then he can get the lube delivered directly to the prison.

 

[Briosafreak]

i doubt they'll be freezing his assets, since accounts in the cayman islands are hard to get at. once the labor dept. gets involved and finds out he's been deducting for benefits but not providing benefits, it'll be interesting to see which indictments they shoot for first...

taks

Oh yeah baby, i`m curious too, really curious

 

[Major_Blackhart]

This will be better than the OJ trial!

 

[Ultron]

This will be better than the OJ trial

Hopefully it will have a happier ending than that joke.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

And hopefuly the judge wont be incompetent. Does Lance Ito still work as a judge BTW?

 

[taks]

unfortunately, incompetence is rarely an impeachable offense. gross negligence or a felony are usually required (assuming he was appointed as opposed to elected).
taks

 

[Ultron]

Does Lance Ito still work as a judge BTW?

He's been reelected TWICE to the bench since the verdict.

Makes my stomach percolate just thinking about it.

 

[Country_Gravy]

The judge didn't bring in the verdict. It was the people on the jury. Which just reinforces that the day that LA finally falls into to ocean, it may just make this world a little bit better.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I had a law professor who said that the reason that the jury on the trial (one of the main reasons he said) did what it did was because the prosecution showed pictures of the dead bodies to the jurors (throat wounds and all), which was allowed by the judge. Apparently, some of the members of the jury were moved to tears, some became very ill. No self respecting judge would ever allow murder photos to be shown to a jury.

 

[DamnElfGirl]

I'm curious... why did he say the murder photos led to acquittal? In my mind, seeing grisly murder photos would make people angry and more likely to want to throw the bum in jail and lock away the key.

 

[Sol Invictus]

That wouldn't work so well these days with everyone sending pictures they downloaded off Ogrish to each other in e-mails.