Academic employment is often anchored by written agreements such as contracts. But employment in higher education today is increasingly tenuous and challenging, with growing numbers of closures, ...

A recent Labour Court ruling is a sharp reminder: written contracts bind both parties. Employers must provide them; employees must read them.

45% of workers surveyed said they'd been subject to a nondisclosure agreement. 39% of workers said they were bound by mandatory arbitration, according to a survey from Penn State. The agreements ...