An artist who went for a job at TikTok’s Irish arm said she was told the firm’s “fast growth and expansion” meant it could not answer questions she had about her contract and it would be withdrawing the job offer instead.
She said she had concerns about the contract’s terms in respect of overtime, intellectual property rights and the prospect of “having to settle client claims at her own expense”.Ms Krause said she consulted with the Citizens’ Information Centre and the legal advice group, Community Law and Mediation, which she said “regarded these conditions as unreasonable and not suited for this particular job role”.
“If this is the requirement of this particular role, then we would need to discuss about a different salary package,” she wrote.“I take this topic in general very serious as I am myself also a registered artist who does not tolerate any copyright infringements, misuse of my intellectual property and own copyrights,” she wrote, seeking clarification on what the contract meant in reference to indemnifying the company for “claims against employees” by its clients.
TikTok’s barrister, Ciaran Doherty, told the commission that Ms Krause wrote to the company on 25th March “demanding her contract of employment by the following day”. Mr Doherty said a HR worker wrote back the following Monday but that Ms Krause took the position that there were still issues with the contract.