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Re:Ask HN: Should a 'no side projects' policy be taken serio... by nopehnnope on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @03:33AM (#32561627)
This is a legal concept. You have to be loyal to your employer. You can’t intentionally undermine their business, charge them for hours you didn’t work, etc. It doesn’t mean that you have to go out of your way to advance their ends.
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Re:Ask HN: Should a 'no side projects' policy be taken serio... by JohnFen on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:40PM (#32569261)
Maybe the word "loyal" is confusing here. I'm not aware of any legal requirement for loyalty. There's a legal prohibition against fraud and such, though.
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Re:Ask HN: Should a 'no side projects' policy be taken serio... by nopehnnope on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @03:11PM (#32569794)
It is literally called a duty of loyalty in many legal systems. Something you could have easily confirmed with a quick Google search in half the time it took to write your comment.
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Re:Ask HN: Should a 'no side projects' policy be taken serio... by iso1631 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @05:30AM (#32562394)
Which jurisdiction, can you cite precedent?
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Re:Ask HN: Should a 'no side projects' policy be taken serio... by nopehnnope on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @06:10AM (#32562629)
Quick Google shows this to be true in common law jurisdictions and every civil law jurisdiction I saw relevant information on.
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