SEC Urged to Restrict Employee Nondisclosure Agreements (Posted 2014- 07-19 03:30:51) ; Whistleblower Groups Charge That Corporations Are Seeking to Silence Employees Who Might Report FraudHigham, Scott
In October, Gjovik filed an SEC complaint targeting Apple's statements in response to ashareholder resolutionthat sought to exempt instances of workplace harassment and discrimination from employee nondisclosure agreements. At the time, Apple refused to consider the proposal, ...
Employees should in some cases be allowed to reference certain deemed-confidential company communications when flagging workplace issues, Gjovik believes. Apple does not agree. The companyrecently denieda proposal from shareholders and activists to exempt employee non-disclosure agreements wh...
“I've made it clear that I have an open-door policy – which means that the employee can tell me anything that is on their mind.” One way to do that is by creating an employee handbook, clearly stating the company policies, objectives, and regulations that will act as a binder to ...
16. To engage in corporate transactions requiring review or disclosure of employee records subject to non-disclosure agreements, such as for evaluating potential mergers and acquisitions of the Company. 17. To communicate with an employee’s family or other contacts in case of emergency or other ne...
To prevent such a scenario, a business needs non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements and non-compete agreements. Such documents directly prevent an employee from starting or engaging with a competing business for a certain period of time. An employer can use them to: Prevent employees from en...
Non-solicitation agreement- Prevents former employee from soliciting, contracting, or transacting business with the employer’s existing clients or customers. Non-disclosure agreement- Prevents employees from using their former employer’s trade secrets, proprietary information, and/or confidential business ...
Non-disclosure agreements Conflict of interest statements Company policies and procedures Disciplinary actions and procedures Compliance policies Signed acknowledgement of employee Build stellar teams for today and tomororw Personio's all-in-one HR software can help automate your HR work and build better...
Legal documents: Any legal contract that needs to be individually signed by employees, such as non-compete agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and employment contracts, should be separate documents. Job descriptions: Any information specific to an employee’s position should be in a separate docume...
, although Section 5 of the FTC Act applies only to for-profit entities, the courts apply a fact-sensitive analysis that might muddy the waters for nonprofits with noncompete clauses. Accordingly, nonprofits should tread carefully and consider the use of confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements...