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> Passing a law about rights of a person would be a sane first step, but how do you do that while also protecting IP and trade secrets, etc? We already have la
by vageli 6y ago
> Passing a law about rights of a person would be a sane first step, but how do you do that while also protecting IP and trade secrets, etc?
We already have laws for these things. If you steal IP your employer already has recourse, so why do they need to control your non work time in addition to the legal avenues already at their disposal?
- kbenson 6y ago> We already have laws for these things. We handle those through contract law to some extent. Any law passed to prevent employer overreach would presumably be neutering contract law in some manner. I'm not sure there won't be unintended consequences we'll have to deal with for a long time. > why do they need to control your non work time in addition to the legal avenues already at their disposal? They aren't controlling your non-work time, they're controlling your non-work output. You can use that work, they just don't want you selling or giving it away, as they view that as competing with what you've contracted to provide them exclusively (because you signed an exclusive contract).