The National Law Journal has a recent article with the title and subtitle:
"Workplace ‘love contracts' on the rise: Agreements used to hedge against sexual harassment claims." (February 21, 2005, p. 4.)
According to the article:
"Aside from prohibiting office affairs altogether, some companies are considering ‘love contracts,' which help to protect them from a sexual harassment suit if two employees are dating and it ends badly.
"So-called love contracts confirm that a relationship is consensual, state the ground rules for office behavior and reiterate sexual harassment policies, said Stephen Tedesco, a partner in the San Francisco office of Littler Mendelson who has completed hundreds of the contracts for his clients over the past few years."
NOTE: The NLJ issue is dated March 21. The online version is dated March 23 and is at http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/pubarticleCC.jsp?id=1108992917780
Posted by ajlevy at March 3, 2005 1:14 PM