Originally Posted by Janet43:
“Have you read your contract for work, if you work? There are often conditions included on what you can and can't do.
For instance I was a teacher and included in my contract was the fact that if I wrote any material that was published, any income from it had to be paid to my employer as it was their property because I had written in while employed by them even if I did it during evenings and weekends. Sound ridiculous, but if I had written a romantic novel while employed as a science teacher that condition would still apply, even though the novel had nothing whatsoever to do with my work.
Most employment contracts contain clauses on what activities you cannot do - it's often to do with insurance. I would think that the BBC insures all their dancers against injury and would therefore not allow "dangerous" activities outside the show, If they were injured there could be lengthy legal wrangling over which activity was the prime cause of the injury and who should pay out.”
“Have you read your contract for work, if you work? There are often conditions included on what you can and can't do.
For instance I was a teacher and included in my contract was the fact that if I wrote any material that was published, any income from it had to be paid to my employer as it was their property because I had written in while employed by them even if I did it during evenings and weekends. Sound ridiculous, but if I had written a romantic novel while employed as a science teacher that condition would still apply, even though the novel had nothing whatsoever to do with my work.
Most employment contracts contain clauses on what activities you cannot do - it's often to do with insurance. I would think that the BBC insures all their dancers against injury and would therefore not allow "dangerous" activities outside the show, If they were injured there could be lengthy legal wrangling over which activity was the prime cause of the injury and who should pay out.”
I suspect that if she had been in breach of her BBC contract then something would have been said by the BBC. But as the contracts are private we will not know.
I wonder if a contract like your one would stand up to a challenge in court? I can understand an employed expecting to benefit from activities related to work but I think they would find it difficult to justify that.
I hope it heals well and she is able to dance just as well as before. Say what you like about James, he is a very supportive husband indeed who loves her dearly - I'm glad she has somebody like that by her side.