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 > > > This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain > confidential/privileged information. If you are not the intended > recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. > Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, > and are not necessarily the views of the Department. > > You should scan any attached files for viruses. > > ************************************************** To post a > message to austechwriter, send the message to > austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to > austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject > field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter- > request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to > www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter- > admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** > > ************************************************** To post a > message to austechwriter, send the message to > austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter- > request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter- > request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to > www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter- > admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *********************************************** > *** In my case, it only applied to the c -Peter G. Martin, Technical writer Proxima Technology ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************