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A Love Contract is written document required by many employers where participants in a workplace romance acknowledge awareness of the employer's anti-harassment policies and affirm the consensual nature of the relationship. Love Contracts are designed to provide some legal protection for employers in the event that a relationship dissolves and a harassment or discrimination lawsuit ensues. less -

Are You Ready if Cupid Strikes at Your Company?

Maynard Nexsen on 2/15/2022

If romantic comedies have taught us anything, it’s that romance can blossom in the workplace, especially when colleagues spend a significant amount of time together. But the movies conspicuously omit the significant risks...more

Amazon’s The Expanse Raises Issues Concerning Workplace Romances

FordHarrison on 5/19/2021

Note: Includes spoilers for Amazon Prime’s The Expanse. I am an unabashed science fiction nerd. Growing up, I tended to gravitate toward television shows, movies, and books that took place in our own future as opposed to...more

Even Among Friends, Office Affair Is OK ... Until It Isn’t

FordHarrison on 8/28/2019

A consensual affair between a superior and subordinate can advance to a quid pro quo harassment claim if an adverse employment decision follows. Oftentimes, employers maintain various policies that would prohibit such...more

III-40 – Valentine’s Day Episode on Love Contracts

Cozen O'Connor on 2/14/2019

This special Valentine’s Day episode discusses the pros and cons of employers entering into love contracts with its employees....more

5 Tips to Help Employers Avoid Workplace Romance Mishaps

Maynard Nexsen on 2/7/2019

With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, love is in the air. As an employer, do you know which of your employees might be celebrating together on Feb. 14?...more

Love Contracts and Policies on Office Romance: What Can an Employer Do if Love is in the Air?

Maynard Nexsen on 2/7/2018

February is often called the “month of love,” and for employers, it may be an appropriate time to consider how to address issues surrounding workplace romance. Regardless of whether employers approve, it is likely inevitable...more

Just in Time for Valentine’s Day: When Employees Place Bets in the Workplace Dating Pool…

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/6/2013

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”—Aristotle “The quickest way to a man’s heart is through his chest.”—Rosanne Barr Okay, so, in college I was good friends with this girl on the dorm...more

Understanding and Mitigating Liability for Workplace Romances

Mintz on 1/16/2013

Originally published in the New York Law Journal on December 26, 2012. The recent life-imitating-art headlines featuring illicit romantic affairs involving senior corporate and governmental leaders remind us that there...more

Employment Law Update: Romance in the Workplace: You, Me and our Employer?

Maynard Nexsen on 2/13/2012

As Valentine’s Day approaches, here are some interesting facts for employers to consider: Statistics indicate that over 10 percent of married couples met at work. Almost a third of respondents in a recent survey by Monster...more

Let’s Get It On…

FordHarrison on 2/11/2011

Studio 54 was a nightclub in New York City with infamously loose rules related to sexual expression. Rumor has it that back-room rendezvous were the norm. Sabre/Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton office may be trying to give the club...more

Office Romances And ‘Love Contracts’ By Barbara Reeves Neal

JAMS on 10/10/2008

Office romances are exciting and fun — for a while. The couple is smitten, stealing meaningful glances across a conference table. Fellow employees catch on to the romance and enjoy the gossip. After a while, employees in...more

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