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How to prevent (ex) employee disclosure or misuse of confidential information

Be it confidential client records, marketing strategies, unpublished patent applications, or source code, employees in Canada have a common law duty to maintain the confidentiality of confidential information

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Termination clause update: ousting the common law and the danger of fixed penalties

A "termination clause" is a type of contractual term which specifies entitlements owed to a worker at the end of their employment. They come in many different shapes and sizes. Whatever the construction, the usual motivation for employers in drafting termination clauses is to control costs and provide for certainty at the end of the employment relationship.

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Is secretly recording a workplace conversation just cause for termination?

More and more employees are secretly recording workplace conversations. Although it is not a crime to secretly record a workplace conversation if you are a party to it, one judge recently concluded it is just cause for termination. This blog post discusses this case.

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