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<blockquote data-quote="sbillini" data-source="post: 1941131" data-attributes="member: 10496"><p>I'm no lawyer, i'm sure the ones on this board have contributed more informed opinions than me....but if he signed a contract with the language saying they can fire him for anything that brings "public disrespect, conempt, or ridicule"...at the university's judgment, then that opens up a whole box of worms:</p><p></p><p>1. Why sign that vague and unbalanced language in the first place???? Where did his agents/lawyers drop the ball? i'm guessing it's standard language for high profile employees in many industries. It's just the risk you take for getting paid the s***ton of money. You take the good with the bad. It may seem unfair, but if it is, you're free to not sign it. But he did.</p><p></p><p>As a personal example, i hired a builder to build a house for my family. We were going through contract review last year, and they had language that basically said "the customer cannot say anything negative about the builder, publicly (e.g. online reviews, etc) or privately, regardless of whether it's true or not". On the flip side, the builder could say whatever they wanted, positive or negative, as long as it was true. I had issue with that language. They didn't want to change it. I told them i wouldn't sign it and was ready to walk away. They caved. </p><p> </p><p>2. Now that it's signed, you've put yourself in the spotlight. You've opened yourself to this very type of scrutiny. it's not unfair anymore because you signed off on the rules. You've put yourself at a higher standard than a normal employee would. </p><p></p><p>3. Now there's probably some legal limit as to how high of a standard your employer can put you through, and that's probably the game being played right now. But the fact of the matter is, Mel just gave the university enough ammo to legitimately make the claim, and now it'll be the back and forth that'll decide where it lands.</p><p></p><p>Finally, someone commented that she wasn't a university employee - she was a contractor being paid by the university. That's not that different than an employee directly. I've seen that limited delineation first hand in my professional life (not to me directly, to someone else i worked with).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sbillini, post: 1941131, member: 10496"] I'm no lawyer, i'm sure the ones on this board have contributed more informed opinions than me....but if he signed a contract with the language saying they can fire him for anything that brings "public disrespect, conempt, or ridicule"...at the university's judgment, then that opens up a whole box of worms: 1. Why sign that vague and unbalanced language in the first place???? Where did his agents/lawyers drop the ball? i'm guessing it's standard language for high profile employees in many industries. It's just the risk you take for getting paid the s***ton of money. You take the good with the bad. It may seem unfair, but if it is, you're free to not sign it. But he did. As a personal example, i hired a builder to build a house for my family. We were going through contract review last year, and they had language that basically said "the customer cannot say anything negative about the builder, publicly (e.g. online reviews, etc) or privately, regardless of whether it's true or not". On the flip side, the builder could say whatever they wanted, positive or negative, as long as it was true. I had issue with that language. They didn't want to change it. I told them i wouldn't sign it and was ready to walk away. They caved. 2. Now that it's signed, you've put yourself in the spotlight. You've opened yourself to this very type of scrutiny. it's not unfair anymore because you signed off on the rules. You've put yourself at a higher standard than a normal employee would. 3. Now there's probably some legal limit as to how high of a standard your employer can put you through, and that's probably the game being played right now. But the fact of the matter is, Mel just gave the university enough ammo to legitimately make the claim, and now it'll be the back and forth that'll decide where it lands. Finally, someone commented that she wasn't a university employee - she was a contractor being paid by the university. That's not that different than an employee directly. I've seen that limited delineation first hand in my professional life (not to me directly, to someone else i worked with). [/QUOTE]
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