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Sinclair-style employment contracts that require payment for quitting are very uncommon. Here's why

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
Sinclair's employment contracts are kind of like a toll road. You have to pay to leave.oriontrail/Shutterstock.com

Sinclair Broadcast Group, a company that owns local news stations across the country, is itself in the news for requiring its newscasters to read a script about “one-sided news stories plaguing our country.”

While that kind...

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