Restrictive Provisions Increasingly
Common in Broadcast Personal
Services Contracts
olores was thrilled when she was accepted to graduate
school. At the time, she was working for a small-market
television station, earning less than $30,000, and she was
ready to leave her job and plot a new course in her life.
But her plans hit a serious roadblock when her employer
threatened to enforce a clause in her employment
contract that would require her to pay a significant
sum to leave the station before the end of her contract.
olores was thrilled when she was accepted to graduate
school. At the time, she was working for a small-market
television station, earning less than $30,000, and she was
ready to leave her job and plot a new course in her life.
But her plans hit a serious roadblock when her employer
threatened to enforce a clause in her employment
contract that would require her to pay a significant
sum to leave the station before the end of her contract.
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