> I've heard that other ex-employees (and their lawyers and the courts) reaching the same conclusion is the reason that the big company in question adopted a po

> I've heard that other ex-employees (and their lawyers and the courts) reaching the same conclusion is the reason that the big company in question adopted a policy of technically firing everyone from any startup they acquired, and then re-hiring them immediately under the same terms. The sole effect was to turn that continued employment into initial employment, non-consideration into consideration, validating the rest of the contract. Do you know if that's been tested in court? Seems like such an obvious violation of the spirit of the law that it wouldn't (one hopes) hold up in appeal.