A legal contract is only as good as someone's ability to enforce it. Otherwise the idea that it's some kind of a bond and companies or people should or do just 'the right thing' is not unfortunately reality.

I would not say he has any more or less respect for legal contracts than any other 'typical' company or business person (from my experience).

The couple people I knew with remote work in their contracts actually want to be let go at this point, wasn't saying it was a gotcha — but they'll need to renegotiate or be terminated.