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Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3
Ways UK businesses can protect themselves against leaving employees …………………………… 3
Ways UK businesses can minimize risk to their clients, suppliers, and other relationships . 5
Steps employers can take to reduce employees leaving ……………………………………………………. 6
Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
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Introduction
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic affected the world adversely, leading to
lockdowns by governments as a measure of controlling this deadly disease. Similar to other
administrations, the UK government enforced a lockdown in the country. In May 2020, the UK
government lifted the lockdown, and businesses started to return to their operations. However,
one significant problem was employees leaving businesses as the lockdown eased, causing
employers and business owners concerns. According to Tan and McGrath (2014), departing
staffs tend to cause a significant threat to businesses and organizations. Therefore, UK business
owners need to protect themselves against employees through adopting several strategies. UK
business owners and employers can protect their businesses when employees leave by utilizing
various restrictive covenants and obtaining post-termination restrictions against those workers.
Adopting these measures will guarantee the safety and protection of business or company
secrets.
Ways UK businesses can protect themselves against leaving
employees
UK business owners can guard their organizations against leaving employees by adopting
the different types of restrictive covenants available in the UK. Clyde (2021) describes a
restrictive covenant as a clause whose aim is to safeguard an employer’s business by limiting the
employee’s behavior and activities after the termination of employment. Thus, restrictive
covenants will enable employers to protect their business’s secrets even after the employee
leaves. For starters, the business owner can use the non-complete clause that confines the
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employee’s ability to create a competitive business or work for a specific rival for an extended
period after termination (Clyde, 2021).
Hence, utilizing this clause enables the employer to ensure that t…
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