The WA Supreme Court has refused to grant an on-hire company leave to search a former employee's house in an ongoing restraint of trade dispute.
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Pre-employment negotiations carry misrepresentation risks, but with the right approach employers can minimise them, says employment lawyer Fay Calderone.
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• CareerOne shrinks losses
  
• Ban labour hire restrictions in enterprise negotiations
  
• Council calls for labour hire tenders
  
• Anything but "modest" minimum wage rise will hinder jobs growth
  
• Offshore visa legal loophole ruled invalid
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Three recent legal disputes about employee restraints contain important lessons for recruitment leaders keen to protect their business interests, according to a lawyer.
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Restraint of trade clauses are a "blunt instrument" that stifle competition and should be banned in Australia, a Sydney law firm has told the Productivity Commission's workplace relations review.
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Improving understanding of the recruitment industry has increased the value procurement professionals place on recruitment companies holding partnerships with complementary service providers, says a tender specialist.
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• Ashdown adds commercial manager
  
• Ethos hires accounting and finance practice leader
  
• Skilled hiring continues to soften
  
• Recruiter operating side business hit with damages bill
  
• IT hiring intentions up
  
• ITCRA broadens webinar program
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Out-of-date employment contracts are putting recruitment companies' client relationships at risk, warns employment law specialist Peter Wright.
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A company has temporarily restrained a former employee from approaching its clients, despite lacking a contractual restraint, in a must-read decision for all recruiters.
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A Federal Court Judge has granted Hoban Recruitment an urgent injunction restraining a former Bluestone Global employee from providing confidential information to Randstad.
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Two years ago this month, a Full Federal Court upheld a two-year industry restraint against a recruitment executive, drawing to a close a high-profile legal battle.
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An improving economy has propelled the recruitment industry back into hiring mode, but with fewer consultants flowing from the UK and local recruiters sticking with their increasingly fertile desks, the market is tight, say rec-to-recs.
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A recruitment company's upcoming NSW Supreme Court case should help clarify the legally ambiguous issue of LinkedIn contact ownership, but in the meantime businesses must take action to protect themselves from similar disputes, says a workplace lawyer.
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A recruitment company has been awarded damages from its former state manager, who secretly performed work for two clients while employed by the business.
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A WA labour hire company has been denied an injunction temporarily restraining its former general manager from taking an on-hire role with its largest client.
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