Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters [LWN.net]

Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

Posted Aug 27, 2012 19:11 UTC (Mon) by hummassa (subscriber, #307)
In reply to: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters by efraim
Parent article: Aurora: DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

> Nobody forces you to expose your private live

?! What about "Coworkers are not allowed to date without a dating contract, dating without informing your line manager is grounds for termination." ???

This seems like *forcing* (under penalty of termination) someone to *expose* (informing your line manager) your *private life* (dating).

> there are just requirements to make sure you can do your job properly.

Adults can do their job properly even if they work with their dates/spouses.

> Probably part of your employment contract.

Probably not, in any part of the planet that isn't the USofA, and this is the reason I think this is IMMENSELY funny. In many countries this clauses are just illegal, null and void; in others, the attempt to enforce rules like those can be construed as harassment, with criminal penalties.

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Dating coworkers

Posted Aug 28, 2012 1:53 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

Note that, while dating is a private matter, marriage is a public affair. Companies in e.g. Spain can regulate the roles for married couples: both spouses sometimes cannot work in the same area, or one reporting to the other, and so on. But I have never heard of a company where they tried to regulate private dating. (I worked in one place where dating coworkers was frowned upon, but of course not grounds for termination.)