Court sends warning on complicity in client poaching
Two employees breached their duties of good faith and fidelity in poaching their former employer's clients after amending their contracts, the Federal Court has ruled. read more
Browsing: Restraints
Recruiters in restraint battle; Employers upbeat about hiring; and more
- Labour hire businesses in court over competing brands
- Employers "reinvigorated" to secure top talent
- Visa management platform launches
- Quarterly cash flow: Elmo, PayGroup and more read more
Warning signs overlooked in $450k agency fraud
A recruitment agency's failure to act on misgivings about one of its top billers enabled the employee to defraud the firm of at least $450k, according to its CEO. read more
Search firm wins restraint case; New Zealand's top recruiters; and more
- Search firm wins restraint case
- New Zealand's top recruiters awarded
- New CEO for workforce platform
- Hiring managers fear gap from Baby Boomer exits
- News in brief: AMS, Robert Half, ELMO and more read more
Agencies poorly protected against IP risks
Generic employment contracts and restraint clauses are the standard line of defence in many recruitment agencies, but do little to protect their intellectual property and trade secrets, a legal advisor warns. read more
Recruitment agency "crossed the line" in defending claim
A recruitment company acted unreasonably, and at times vexatiously, when it defended an employee's unfair dismissal claim, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in ordering it to pay costs. read more
Restraints working in agencies' favour after M&A
Courts are increasingly willing to enforce long restraint periods on employees who have joined a business via merger or acquisition, an employment lawyer says. read more
Recruitment manager joins competitor; Double-digit growth for PageGroup; and more
- Construction recruiter appoints new BD lead
- Strong growth for PageGroup
- 20 years of challenges: Ian Stacy on unifying the RCSA
- Business to pay more after profiting from confidentiality breach
- Finite steps up fundraising efforts
- News in brief: Jobs in Queensland, Victoria read more
Manager who stole jobseeker files was fairly dismissed
A recruitment manager has failed to prove she was unfairly dismissed after being caught on CCTV removing jobseeker files from her office. read more
Recruiters jumping ship without regard to restraints
Recruitment industry executives are being warned to brush up on their understanding of contractual restraints, as January sees a spike in the number of recruiters moving between agencies. read more
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