After hiring two employees from its competitor Employsure, HR software company Elmo has won one dispute and lost the other over whether the post-employment restraints in their contracts were reasonable.
An organisation has won a brief injunction restraining a former employee from using its confidential information, after the Federal Court accepted there was a "real risk" of a contract breach, and that damages wouldn't be an adequate remedy.
A manager's post-employment restraints were far tighter than what was necessary to protect an employer's interests, a court has ruled in denying it interim relief.
An employer has won interim restraint orders against three ex-employees, with a court accepting that despite any evidence of breaches, its concerns were justified.
Measures to protect against post-employment risks have never been more important, but it's critical to implement, enforce and review them throughout the employment relationship, a lawyer says.
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A general manager's "sense of entitlement" regarding his former employer's confidential files and intellectual property was "completely at odds" with his legal obligations, a court has ruled.
An employer has failed to win interim restraints against three former employees, with a court finding their "know-how" didn't fall within its available protections.
An employer that suspected an employee planned to misuse its confidential information failed to afford him procedural fairness and must compensate him for unfair dismissal.
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