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If it's in your contract where you promise not to work for anyone else without telling your employer, yes, it's illegal because breach of contract is illegal. B
by djha-skin 4y ago
If it's in your contract where you promise not to work for anyone else without telling your employer, yes, it's illegal because breach of contract is illegal. But it's not illegal in its own right. However I doubt that they didn't make him sign a contract to the contrary so he's probably double dipping.
- bitL 4y agoHe'll likely get fired once they figure it out but by that time he might be able to retire early.
- zamalek 4y agoContracts don't determine what is legal and not legal. If the said person is found out then they would be in breach of contract and could be fired or sued. They would not earn themselves a criminal record.
- solarmist 4y agoThis is an underrated comment! Getting sued is not getting convicted of something.
- alexfromapex 4y agoThey could earn themselves a criminal charge if the court decides what they're doing is fraud which it likely is if they have signed something saying they wouldn't work elsewhere simultaneously.
- notfromhere 4y agoIt's not fraud. If you are performing to expectation, no one is being defrauded. Anti-moonlighting clauses are nonsense.
- alexfromapex 4y agoIf the expectation is that you're not moonlighting so you sign a contract saying that you're not but you actually are, it's fraud full stop.
- notfromhere 4y agothat's not enough to show injury. If an employee does all their assigned work, there is nothing of value lost by the employer. No injury means no standing means no fraud.
- eat 4y agoYou seem very confident of this, so I'm going to assume you're either a lawyer, or have knowledge of some sort of legal precedent here, right?