‘Love Contracts’ Go Mainstream as Employers Track Office Romance

Three years after the eruption of the #MeToo movement, businesses are still revamping their workplace dating policies, sometimes turning to disclosure requirements that may make employees blush but don’t run afoul of privacy laws.

While workplace dating policies have been commonplace for years, typically targeting relationships between managers and subordinates, many companies have been compelled to update them to take into account new state anti-harassment laws and remote work activity spurred by the coronavirus pandemic.

“Employers have always had the ability and the right to prohibit relationships between employees,” said Danielle Urban, a privacy and labor partner at Fisher ...