Post-employment restraints: When playing fair is the practical approach to protecting your interests

Protecting the interests of a business, including confidential proprietary information and customer relationships, is increasingly challenging for business owners. The law offers only limited protection of confidential information and in the modern context, in which information is more vulnerable than it has ever been, it is important to ensure that your employees are subject to an enforceable contractual obligation. There is also nothing at common law or statute to prevent a former employee from poaching your customers or clients. Post-termination restraint clauses have therefore become essential for many employers to protect their valuable and hard-earned proprietary interests.

Are Restraints Enforceable?