If Pritam does not sign the contract Jagruti will be fired from the company. But it is interesting to analyse what will happen if Pritam signs the contract. Is this Love contract an alternative to sexual harassment policies of the company? Definitely Intermediary Technologies Ltd is in advantage. Because in case of any sexual harassment one of the party cannot move to the court or will think twice before adopting the law route because of this Love Contract. So the image of the company will not be tarnished. One more advantage will be that Pritam cannot do any favouritism towards Jagruti. But I doubt if in case of any sexual harassment if a party decides to go to the court, will the court turn down the request because of this love contract. Moreover the party can claim that they signed the agreement under pressure from the employer at a sensitive time. One more interesting case would have been if Pritam or Jagruti anyone would have been married or may be both married (Not to each other), will in this case Intermediate technologies would have forced them to sign the contract. And in case of India where same sex is yet to be legalized what route the company would have taken if in case Jagruti was a boy? Would Pritam and Jagruti (both males) would have been asked to sign the contract and to what extent Indian law would have recognized the contract.
In my opinion love contract is not an apt solution to the problem, rather a strong anti harassing policy combined with an effective reporting and investigation policy will solve the cause. The employees should be trained regularly in this matter. Even if someone dates his/her subordinate proper rules must be made that they are not in a same project or anyway related project. If we look at Infosys this policy has been there since their inception and no one can forget even a board of director was fired under harassment of a female employee. So a love contract may give headaches to the HR but the above mentioned policies and their proper implementation can solve the problem to a greater extent.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
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