Post termination restrictive covenants have long been used as a method of protecting a business or simply seeking to prevent an outgoing employee from being able to compete with the business or work for a competitor. This area is essentially case-law driven and there are a wealth of cases that show the trends of what the courts regard as reasonable and, more often, unreasonable and unlawful.
Read more2010 will see an important and far reaching change to the discrimination legislation when the Equality Act becomes law in October 2010.
For over 40 years the UK has sought through legislation to make society less discriminatory, particularly in the workplace. However, the legislation was complex and, despite the progress that has been made, inequality and discrimination persist and progress on some issues has been stubbornly slow.
Read morePost termination restrictive covenants have long been used as a method of protecting a business or simply seeking to prevent an outgoing employee from being able to compete with the business or work for a competitor. This area is essentially case-law driven and there are a wealth of cases that show the trends of what the courts regard as reasonable and, more often, unreasonable and unlawful.
Read more2010 will see an important and far reaching change to the discrimination legislation when the Equality Act becomes law in October 2010.
For over 40 years the UK has sought through legislation to make society less discriminatory, particularly in the workplace. However, the legislation was complex and, despite the progress that has been made, inequality and discrimination persist and progress on some issues has been stubbornly slow.
Read more