Legal Question in Employment Law in California
contractual interference in personal life
My girlfriend's employer is obsessed with her, and has offered her a partnership in the company, one clause of the partnership agreement requiring her to have no further contact with me. Is it true that her would-be partner cannot legally interfere in her personal life and dictate who she may or may not see when she is not working? I am not involved in the same industry - and if necessary we could accept a prohibition on discussing the business of the company. Yes, common sense says run for the hills, but there are certain advantages to the partnership if it can be secured without this onerous provision.
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: contractual interference in personal life
This is called sexual harassment. You might have your girlfriend read California Government Code section 12940 and the sections that follow.
Re: contractual interference in personal life
It sounds like there are plenty of reasons to "run for the hills". It would be wise to speak to experienced counsel to negotiate protective privisions in the partnership agreement if she goes forwrd.
Re: contractual interference in personal life
It is difficult to understand how the perceived "advantages" of the proposed partnership can outweigh your girlfriend entering into this relationship with a man you both know is obsessed with her. He wants you out of the picture. Do you really think you can avoid complications by eliminating the one provision?
This has disaster written all over it. Legalities aside, if the two of you enter into this business relationship, for monetary gain, knowing the character of the person who your girlfriend works with, it would be hard to claim she was an innocent victim should something unwelcome occur.
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