Property Law
Pearson Legal
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A Case Study by Susan Mayall Looking at LinkedIn A problem arose for a client this week which will be of interest to employers. This client encourages its employees to actively network and use LinkedIn and other forms of networking and social media, with the aim of attracting more customers and being visible to current and potential clients. My client, the employer, wanted to know whether there was anything to be done to protect its business interests.
This client had a couple of years ago issued employment contracts to their staff which contained reasonable post-termination restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements. This is a different situation however from an employee in their own time having Facebook, a blog, Twitter or Linkedin account, that would probably be seen as the employees personal property rather than the employers and restraints on trade will only be enforceable if they are no wider than necessary to protect the employer’s legitimate business interests.
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