They may not think about it that way, but if one of that couple got a promotion from the other then every other person on the team pretty much has grounds for a law suit. There are reasons these rules exist, and the CEO of a high profile company has no excuse not to know them all.

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kridsdale1 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

She was a direct report of the CEO. There are no promotions possible. She was max level already.

	▲	BeetleB 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But was she a direct report when the affair started?

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BeetleB 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> but if one of that couple got a promotion from the other then every other person on the team pretty much has grounds for a law suit.

Extremely rare (winning such a lawsuit). Prior to these kinds of rules becoming the norm, how often did anyone win such a lawsuit? It's a rounding error close to 0.

There are plenty of publicized cases where one party openly stated she got promotions because of her affair with a senior. No lawsuits were even filed in the ones I know.

I'm in favor of such rules precisely because it's hard to win such a suit.