&gt; Obviously they can do what they want<p>Not in the most of the civilized world, no.<p>That someone agrees to something doesn&#x27;t mean it does them any good. And while everyone is (or should be) free to accept bad deals, other people should be banned from proposing at least the most harmful ones. Hence the laws and regulations regarding employment, salaries and so on.<p>Well, this is from a European perspective, where there actually <i>are</i> such laws.