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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. 58 SAG-AFTRA | Fall 2016 | SAGAFTRA.org THINKSTOCK.COM

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