Re: "Is that for real?"
Yes it certainly is!
Re: "It doesn't even make sense and I've never heard of such thing even being a problem."
Regardless... there have been *several* high profile (testified before Congress, etc.) stories about rapes involving military contractors in war zones... covered-up or otherwise medical treatment denied, etc. to the victims by corporate management.
For example, the story of Jammie Leigh Jones:
In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. In an apparent attempt to cover up the incident, the company then put her in a shipping container for at least 24 hours without food, water, or a bed, and “warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she’d be out of a job.” Even more insultingly, the DOJ resisted bringing any criminal charges in the matter. KBR argued that Jones’ employment contract warranted her claims being heard in private arbitration — without jury, judge, public record, or transcript of the proceedings. After 15 months in arbitration, Jones and her lawyers went to court to fight the KBR claims. Yesterday, a court ruled in favor of Jones.”
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