Noncompetition and nondisclosure agreements are becoming more prevalent in many businesses and professions. Potential or current employees should pause and carefully consider these clauses when they are offered in an employment contract or at another time.
How the #MeToo movement has affected executive agreements
Businesses have made changes of all kinds to their practices and policies since the #MeToo movement put sexual harassment in the spotlight. The issue has become an important one for employment agreements, especially those geared toward top executives.
Getting around forced arbitration
For almost 20 years, forced arbitration agreements have been buried in legal verbiage in employment agreements requiring employees to submit to binding arbitration for disputes and taking away their rights to go to court. Despite many court cases upholding arbitration agreements, there are still many ways to contest these clauses in employment contracts.
Fine print of employment contracts for health professionals
An employment agreement can have long-term consequences for health care professionals. Despite their importance, it is important to read between the lines and understand important terms when negotiating employment contracts for medical professionals.
Important parts of a severance agreement
Receiving notice of a job termination and packing up and leaving a workplace for the last time provides little time to consider and review a severance package, especially under emotional duress. Some important matters, however, should be carefully considered when reviewing severance agreements.
Seeking the best severance package
Accepting a new job offer or losing a job may be difficult times to negotiate the terms of leaving employment. However, the separation package contained in severance agreements can dictate financial and professional futures and should contain certain terms.
