RE: Ethics of Jumping To Another Contract Job

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

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> .com] On Behalf Of Combs, Richard
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:39 PM
> To: Chris Borokowski; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Ethics of Jumping To Another Contract Job
> 
> Chris Borokowski wrote:
>  
> > Wouldn't that depend on the wording of the contract?
> > 
> > --- Will Husa <will -dot- husa -at- 4techwriter -dot- com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Until the agency releases you from your contract, you are 
> > bound by the 
> > > agreement.
> 
> No. The _wording_ of the contract determines _what_ you're 
> bound to do,
> not _whether_ you're bound to do it. If you're a party to the 
> contract,
> you're bound by it (assuming it's legal). 
> 

Without knowing the text of the contract in question, one cannot say that
the agency must "release" the contractor in order for the contractor to
leave the job without violating the contract.

It *is* the wording of the contract that's definitive.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


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