Its a stupid law. Stupid part of a stupid law. It would be legal if the employees gave the money and then got an unrelated bonus a few weeks later, but illegal if they get the bonus as a quid pro quo in advance. It is illegal for the giver but not the recipient and of course everyone knows this goes on. there should be no caps. Freedom of association includes freedom to give your money to whomever you want. Its made more imbecilic by the logic that its illegal to give too much to a candidate but you can give unlimited amounts to his/her political party. All designed to give power to the parties - more power to the 2 parties, to corporations and less to the politicians, less to the people.
Personally, I would like to see all campaign finance laws vacated, and ONE put in place:
Any CITIZEN may contribute up to one million dollars to any campaign or conbination of campaigns.
Any CANDIDATE may contribute up to one hundred thousand dollars to any campaign or combination of campaigns
No proprietership, union, company, corporation or any other entity under the law may contribute anything to a campaign, nor may they contribute in a non-monetary way, including “suggestions IN ANY MANNER” to those they purportedly represent.
Hey, it’s a start...