Depending upon the terms and conditions of employment, staff may be contractually precluded from working for a competitor for a set number of years following resignation, retirement or termination. In practice, however, this may not deter such staff. They may be prepared to risk the potential consequences for the sake of perceived immediate gain. Thus, even though an organisation may possibly have the opportunity for legal redress, the damage may already have been done. This is a difficult legal area and legal advice should always be sought.

• Where your former employee disregards your Non Disclosure Agreement, valuable information may be revealed, thus potentially damaging your competitive position. See Non Disclosure Agreements.

There are multiple Key Actions providing safeguards against this Information Security Issue. These are available in the registered version of RUSecure™.