No, this both uncommon and illegal (assuming it's from the US). They're trying to couch their wage theft in legal jargon to scare the unwitting into accepting it
I think this framing is extremely disingenuous in the title. It's the same kind of bullshit that resulted in the misframing of the McDonald's hot coffee suit.
Maybe it's time for a state to start a nonprofit insurance fund? Insurance companies exist only for profit, which is antithetical to the point of insurance.
Calling it right now, it had little to do with the engineers and almost everything to do with corporate cost cutting at the expense of people.
For those curious but don't want to bother opening the link:
- It was in North Carolina
- The engineer was critiquing NC infrastructure
- A NC agency said he needed a permit to criticize their infrastructure
- The judge correctly determined that it was a violation of our first amendment rights
Fuck yea, love to see militant labor fighting for what they need
And this clause will give unity some fun lawsuits for those old versions
Who's to say anyways. Might as well try it. You know, for science