Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation and Assignment of Rights Agreement for Employees

TechCrunch has a post up entitled “Ex-Employee Sues Zynga For Discrimination, Wrongful Termination.”  Apparently a former employee of the web site Zynga is suing for wrongful termination, alleging that he was fired after letting Zynga know that he was suffering from health problems and would have to work part time from home for awhile.

Other than using good management techniques and properly consulting with an employment law expert before firing someone, there’s not much a company can do on the contracting front to foster a good defense to this kind of lawsuit.  That said, it does remind me of the many areas where a company can protect itself, particularly having every employee sign a Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation and Assignment of Rights Agreement.  For a comprehensive understanding of the issues and language for this contract, including our easy to use question and answer wizard plus clear legal explanations, click here.

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