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They did not. One of the crippling points though, is that there's a clause in their contract stating that any work generated during the time at the company belo
by jarmitage 12y ago
They did not. One of the crippling points though, is that there's a clause in their contract stating that any work generated during the time at the company belongs to the company.
Is it still common for people to sign these agreements?
- languagenerd 12y agoAnd despite that, he still worked on his side project ? He needs his head read.
- dragos2 12y ago[not a lawyer] that clause usually states that any work done on company time [time paid by the company], belongs to the company. If you work on your side project from home and you are not paid by the company for that time, the project belongs to you.
- kjs3 12y agoIt's pretty common in the US (don't know about UK or EU). Whenever I'm starting up a side project, I generally ask for a written waiver covering the scope of the project, signed by someone with sufficient authority (usually officer of the company, though different companies have different policies). That's important, because your boss may not have authority to commit the company to such things. Ask HR who does have that authority. IANAL, but in my experience being told verbally "that's cool" means precisely nothing when the company decides it's not cool. Having something in writing changes that.