New restrictions flagged for non-compete clauses
The former president of the Fair Work Commission has called for new restrictions on restraint clauses, in a paper that will further fuel government moves to limit their use. read more
The former president of the Fair Work Commission has called for new restrictions on restraint clauses, in a paper that will further fuel government moves to limit their use. read more
A LinkedIn post about starting a new role can constitute a breach of post-employment obligations that, as the market tightens, recruitment agencies are increasingly willing to enforce, a lawyer warns. read more
A recruitment company has a "sufficiently strong" case against a former business development manager who it claimed breached his contract by soliciting clients away to his new employer, the Federal Court has ruled. read more
A recruitment company has won confidentiality and solicitation restraints against a competitor and a former employee, after a court found it faced a "high risk" of "irreparable damage" if an injunction wasn't imposed. read more
An employer has won injunctions restraining two former employees accused of soliciting its clients to a competitor, with the Federal Court finding it needed protection from their "coordinated scheme". read more
An organisation has won an injunction upholding a former employee's restraints, after telling a court it has already lost 21 clients to his new employer. read more
After hiring two employees from a competitor, HR software company Elmo has won one dispute and lost the other over whether the post-employment restraints in their contracts were reasonable. read more
Employers must beware adopting a "blanket approach" to post-employment restraints, a lawyer has stressed in the wake of a failed injunction application. read more
A recruitment company, whose founder was previously involved in a court dispute over her former employer's confidential information, has won interim restraints against three ex-employees. read more
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