Comment Sorry, DSC is right. (Score 1) 139
When you get paid a salary (and not a wage), you should expect to agree to certain demands that may seem Orwellian but are actually quite reasonable (given the fact that you are paid a salary). For example, many companies forbid you to moonlight without your supervisor's approval. This allows the employer to screen out potential conflicts of interest (for example, a boss forcing underlings to become network marketing distributors).
However, there are (or should be) certain common-sense limitations to the rights of employers, no matter what you "agree" to in your employment contract. If you write the Great American Novel in your spare time while you are employed by a corporation, then would you say that the corporation is entitled to royalties? What about if you draw up plans for a tool shed in your spare time? (Key words being, "in your spare time.") DSC may have the legal right to steal Brown's ideas, but DSC and the state of Texas roundly deserve to be laughed at if DSC has that right.
However, there are (or should be) certain common-sense limitations to the rights of employers, no matter what you "agree" to in your employment contract. If you write the Great American Novel in your spare time while you are employed by a corporation, then would you say that the corporation is entitled to royalties? What about if you draw up plans for a tool shed in your spare time? (Key words being, "in your spare time.") DSC may have the legal right to steal Brown's ideas, but DSC and the state of Texas roundly deserve to be laughed at if DSC has that right.
