I completely agree with my peers that it is a matter of very high importance that any relationships formed within an organisation which adversely affect the performance of the employees in the organisation should be kept in check. Love contracts make sense from that perspective.
But at the same time, it is difficult to gauge the committment of an employee towards the relationship as well as towards the job. It is very much possible that the employee just needs to set his priorities right instead of putting him in chains through a contract, he/she needs some counselling. Moreover, it doesn't serve the purpose by plugging his emotions through just a piece of document. This will at best only decrease both person's efficiency at the workplace.
Moreover now-a-days, there are a lot of firms which promote acquisition of married couples into the organisation. There a host of reasons for allowing such a trend. Both the husband/wife are in same organisation; so they get to spend time during breaks from work; misunderstandings decrease; each of them understand each other's pressure at work. All these factors eliminate any sort of friction in their relationship and further strengthens it. It is an open secret that, "Peace in family life reflects peace at work and vice-versa".
There have been instances in some organisations where married couples are most welcome and ones where this kind of culture is denounced.
For example, Steelcase Inc., based in Michigan has 8000 employees of which there are 300 married couples. Moreover as they are so family-oriented, about 10 to 18% of the employees are either sons or daughters of ex or present employees.
In stark contrast, United Parcel Service believes that there should be no favoritism among employees and everybody should be in same footing. So they discourage these kind of romantic alliances at workplace.
Though considering the case, i feel that ideally the GM(HR) should have had a conversation on the matter individually with each of Pritam and Jagruti and then decide on the future course of action. But justifying his course of action could be that Pritam is in line to get a promotion, so there could be a feeling of envy.This could be a possible reason for the GM not letting Pritam even read the contract before signing on it.
Last but far from least, a general consensus and a personal belief is that, "People do not fall in love; they rise in love"
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