When General Motors last month offered buyouts and early retirement packages to 113,000 hourly workers, the move focused new attention on a key aspect of the continually evolving relationship between employers and employees.
A grandfather clause (or grandfather policy) is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases. Those exempt from the new rule are said to have grandfather rights or acquired rights. grandfather clause (or grandfather policy) is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases. Those exempt from the new rule are said to have grandfather rights or acquired rights.
According to the Virginia Code, grandparents are persons who have a âlegitimate interestâ in a minor child, so itâs not as though they have no rights at all. In certain situations, people with a âlegitimate interestâ are allowed to have custody or visitation with a minor child, even over the objection of the parents.