atw: Re: Unreasonable/ Ineffective Contract term: Terminate for convenience

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:34:27 +1000, BJA wrote:
> I love it :)
>
> She has my congratulations. I wonder if the clause will now be
> reworded to only allow it as a management option in future. :)
>

If they do, they make the clause even less meaningful, and even less
valid.   A one-sided clause (particularly if they say it's=
 "non-negotiable")
isn't worth the paper it's printed on.


>
> A while back we had a discussion about contract terms, particularly
> this one: "<X> may terminate for convenience...."
>
> At the time my wife was on a contract with a one-hour termination
> clause.  She didn't think much of it at the time she took the
> contract, but signed anyway.
>
> Yesterday she invoked the clause.  She resigned, and left the place
> one hour later.  What's more, she enjoyed doing it.
>
> Apparently the management were somewhat taken aback.  It hadn't
> occurred to them that an employee might take advantage of a clause
> that was put there for the convenience of management.
>
> Allan
>
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In my case, it only applied to the c


-Peter G. Martin, 
Technical writer
Proxima Technology


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