Restrictive Covenant: If the employment has ended can some contractual terms still apply?

Restrictive Covenant

If the employment has ended can some contractual terms still apply? The inclusion of a restrictive covenant and a clause protecting confidential information in the employee’s contract allows you to prevent competition from, or the exploitation of commercially sensitive information by, an ex-employee after employment ends. In the absence of such provisions an ex-employee may […]

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Employee contracts, can you change the terms of the written contract?

Employee contracts

In the third article of our series on Employee Contracts, here we cover changing terms of a contract. So, can you can you change the terms of the written contract? If you have reserved the right to amend the terms within the contract, the answer is yes, provided you are not acting in an arbitrary or […]

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The Employee Contract – Does it say what you want it to say?

Employment Contracts

Your employees should have a written statement of terms and conditions of employment or a more detailed written contract, however is it relevant to the employee? Do all your employees have the same contract? There are a myriad of contract variations and as the employer it’s pretty much up to you what you include, as […]

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Do your employees have a contract of Employment?

The answer is yes they do, as soon as someone accepts your job offer there is a contract between employer and employee even if you haven’t put anything in writing. A verbal contract (particularly where the employee has already done some work in return for pay) will be equally binding – though it may be […]

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Advice for Christmas Parties

crop christmas

The party season is well and truly upon us. So here’s a little graphic to help you avoid a festive fallout at the office party. Here’s the PDF if you want to download. Merry Christmas.

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