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Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by rwallace on Friday January 27, 2017 @06:15AM (#13499084)
> What employer is willing to strike "Must perform assigned duties"?

Indeed, and many employees have found themselves assigned duties that were not at all what they expected, and damaging to their health or otherwise harmful, but hey, they "agreed" to perform assigned duties, right?

Looks like my position isn't a popular one here. So be it but, if you live in a developed country, have you ever wondered why, for the last few decades, almost everyone has been getting poorer and more miserable every time the GDP goes up? Sometimes, astonishingly enough, beliefs do actually have real-world consequences.

Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by WalterBright on Friday January 27, 2017 @06:58AM (#13499228)
> they "agreed" to perform assigned duties, right?

They aren't slaves. They can quit any time. No employer can force you to do anything - but they don't have to pay you if you don't do the assigned duties. Sounds fair to me.

Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by mattmanser on Friday January 27, 2017 @07:29AM (#13499346)
Those duties are usually listed.

If they start adding odious duties, in the UK we do have laws against that, you can refuse and if dismissed can argue "constructive dismissal". So if your employer asks you to start cleaning loos with a toothbrush...

Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by yrro on Friday January 27, 2017 @10:59AM (#13500505)
In the UK these days you have to pay substantial fees to access an employment tribunal. These fees may seem trivial to you and I, but a person on minimum wage who finds that they have been underpaid will have to work for an insane 58 hours in order to pay the fee for taking their employer to tribunal! If they want to claim unfair dismissal then they have to work for 179 hours!