Employee confidentiality and business secrets

Employee confidentiality and business secrets

Although the protection of trade secrets is defined in the Trade Secrets Act, the company itself must take active steps to protect trade secrets. The legal sanctions of reparation, injunction and damages are only available once the damage has already been done. At that stage,...
The shareholders' agreement and its main terms and conditions

The shareholders' agreement and its main terms and conditions

A shareholders' agreement is usually advisable when there is more than one shareholder in a limited company. The provisions of the Companies Act and the Articles of Association are usually not sufficient to cover or regulate the relationship between the company and its shareholders or the...
Who is allowed to read my work emails?

Who is allowed to read my work emails?

The email made available to the employee is a tool. The employer may require that the work email is used only for work-related matters. Nevertheless, work e-mail is subject to the same constitutional protection as a letter. The employer does not have the right, without a specific...
Termination of employment by agreement

Termination of employment by agreement

Normally, termination of an employment contract is agreed when the employer is considering terminating or cancelling the employment contract. The advantage of an agreement is that the issues relating to the termination of the employment relationship can be resolved by mutual agreement, without the...
Expiry of the debt

Expiry of the debt

The regulation of the statute of limitations on debt is a very important regulation in principle, because once a debt is time-barred, the creditor can no longer recover it from the debtor. From the debtor's point of view, the statute of limitations protects confidence in the status quo, i.e. in practice...
Workers' right to their wages when prevented from working

Workers' right to their wages when prevented from working

The right of workers to be paid when they are prevented from working is a very hot and even inflammatory topic in labour market policy right now, in the spring-winter of 2024. We have read in the news how, for example, a number of paper industry operators are in favour of industrial action by the ACP...