Category Archives: Protecting your business

Restricting employee behaviour outside working hours

As well as being clear about expectations of behaviour from employees during working hours and on your premises, you may want to consider implementing some restrictions on their behaviour outside work as well. Employees are obviously entitled to a private life and as a general

Five things to remember about garden leave

Whilst with most resignations, the person works out their notice period, hopefully tying off essential work, doing a useful handover and leaving with a cheery smile and a good relationship, this isn’t always possible. Sometimes, whether you’ve terminated the individual’s employment or they’ve opted to

Five ways to protect confidentiality in your business

Most businesses have some confidential information and should be taking steps to ensure this data remains confidential and is not misused in any way. It might be customer information, personal/sensitive employee information, business strategies, marketing techniques or product information, but whatever it is, the potential

Post-termination restrictions – five FAQs

Even the smallest business can be vulnerable when key members of staff leave employment, so you may want to consider including restrictive covenants in your contracts of employment. Before you do, have a read of our top five FAQs about restrictive covenants, to make sure