[BC] Vounteer First Son

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

Since for a contract to be valid, one needs an agreement,
some companies now require the employee to sign a
"license," no longer considered a contract. The difference
is that a license defines the conditions upon which such
employment will commence or terminate. It requires no
agreement. It is simply a written statement and a signature
by the applicant shows that the applicant has read and
understands it.

Many employee contracts have been thrown out in court
because an employee's signature was obviously obtained
under duress.  If the employee didn't sign, he didn't get
the job! To get around this, the signature now only shows
that the employee read and understood the documents, not
that he necessarily agreed with them.

They still have very limited enforceability, BTW. It is
quite likely that such documents are not worth the
paper they are written upon. In particular, most states
allow an employer to hire and fire at will as long at
the employer doesn't attempt to restrict unemployment
compensation for the terminated employee. It's
only when an employee is terminated "for cause,"
that a hearing might ensue.

If you are considering taking a job in a management
position, you would be well advised to have a lawyer
review any documents you might be required to
sign. In the case of any questions, the lawyer would
communicate directly with the company's lawyer
and get an agreement to strike out any problematical
sections of the document. Managers often have
additional responsibilities that could affect others.
You would certainly not want to have to defend
yourself against a lawsuit from an disgruntled
employee. It's the company's responsibility to
protect you.

--
Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
Read about my book
http://www.LymanSchool.org


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From: "Ronald Johnson" <w2wu at verizon.net>
> Dave:
> If this is U.S. Gvmt, its not far removed from certain programs in which
> amateur radio operators participate.
> 
> One company I worked for required a daily log of all engineering or product
> development activities. You assigned any idea or work to them. In short,
> they owned your thoughts night and day--you lost all intellectual rights to
> anything done at work or home that remotely related to your employment.
> 
> Bottom line: was it "Work-Eat or Starve"
> 
> 
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