Protecting Your Business When Employees Leave – Employment Edge with Liz

In this episode of Employment Edge, Elizabeth Schlissel, Partner and Chair of the Labor & Employment Practice Group at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, explains why every employer should have solid confidentiality, non-solicitation, and non-compete agreements in place.

Employment Edge with Liz is Falcon Rappaport & Berkman’s video web series hosted by Elizabeth Schlissel, Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. Through the series, Liz provides timely, practical commentary on the labor and employment issues shaping today’s workplace, helping employers better understand legal developments and policy considerations. Episodes have covered a range of key topics, including employees leaving companies, employee classification, bonus policies, fixed leave versus unlimited PTO, and AI in the workplace.

Transcript:

**This transcript has been prepared automatically by AI and may contain inaccuracies**

Liz Schlissel:

Welcome to the Employment Edge with Liz. A frequent call that I receive as an employment attorney is, Hi Liz, one of my key employees just left and took half our clients and our employees.

What should I do? Well, one of the first questions I ask an employer is, well, did this employee sign a confidentiality agreement, a non-solicitation agreement, and or a non-compete agreement.

Having these types of agreements in place can help employers protect their confidential information, prevent an employee from literally raiding their clients and employees and setting up a competing shop next door.

If you have any questions regarding implementing these type of employment policies to help protect your company’s confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets, please contact your employment attorney at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman.