Patrick Hicks Offers Advice to Employers About Enforcing Love Contracts

"Workplace often ignites romance, survey finds," Business Las Vegas

In this article discussing office romances and how they affect business, Littler shareholder Patrick Hicks notes the trouble with enforcing Love Contracts. "They have limited utility," he says, "if someone wants to challenge one, they say, 'I was in the relationship and I felt I was coerced into signing it.' To me it's a much better solution to say supervisors can't date subordinates, then you don't need a love contract."