There can be two ways of looking at this rather weird sounding legal document LOVE CONTRACT. On one hand, it feels the boundary of corporates circumvent the very concept of a free nation. The very idea of individual rights appears to be a myth inside the walls of companies trying to control each and every action of its employees. “I am being watched”- this is the feeling, a rather scary one that is always there. Love contract can largely be termed as one of those gimmicks of organizations to make it loud and clear to their employees “Who is the BOSS”.
A love contract can be used by an organization as a firing tool in citing incompetence owing to a romantic relationship and it is not hard to imagine companies using this tool during rough times. Employees may argue that they were forced into signing the contract at a very sensitive time of their employment.
On the other hand it is a powerful tool to solve potential problems arising from sexual harassment charges at the end of a rather unhappy romantic relationship at the work place. Love contracts relieve the company of any liability during the time period of the office romance prior to the signing of the contract.
These contracts explicitly tell that the relationship is mutually agreeable, consensual, and in no way related to the company or its affairs. As a matter of fact it makes easier for the companies to handle cases of sexual harassment at workplace as a Love Contract makes it loud and clear that such scenarios have to be handled through binding arbitration keeping lawsuits out of the purview.
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