• HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    No, I believe 99% of Americans don’t HAVE employment contracts, and further that this kind of clause would be impossible to enforce because you’d have to somehow prove that 40 hours was not enough time to do your work, which is impossible.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe this is the socialist European in me, but I can’t believe that. Without a contract, the employer isn’t obligated to pay you at all and you’re not obligated to work. Even if it’s just sealed with a handshake, there is a legal framework for both parties. If you just treat it all like an EULA and say whatever, just let me work for you and it’ll work out, then that’s your problem.

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        Maybe this is the socialist European in me, but I can’t believe that.

        I dunno what to tell you bud but it’s 1000% true. I’ve had a dozen jobs and never had a contract.

        Without a contract, the employer isn’t obligated to pay you

        Yes, they are.

        Even if it’s just sealed with a handshake, there is a legal framework for both parties.

        Handshakes are not legally binding, nor are verbal contracts.