[chrisseaton]

> How is this legal in any shape or form?

Are you asking how it's legal that you can demand someone to do something?

How is anything legal? Because there's no law against it. There's no law against demanding something. You can demand (almost) anything of anyone you want.

[throwaway14356]

what if you have some kind of leverage over them?

[chrisseaton]

Yes that’s usually legal. Again - what law are you thinking of when you ask if it’s illegal?