Hrm/531 Week 1

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Provisions of paragraphs one, seven, and eight are for employees by stipulating the roles the employees are expected to perform. Additionally, it gives wider insights on the responsibilities that are expected from employees. The provisions also provide key terms that should be followed in the contract.
Question 4
The provisions of paragraphs two and four are intended to protect the confidential information of the company and its inventions.
Question 5
The contract serves two primary purposes in nondisclosure and noncompetition. The agreement of employee noncompetition and nondisclosure only serves for the purpose of this contract. In this regard; provision 1(A), 7, 8, 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 are totally unrelated.
Question 6
I fail to understand the provisions of the contract that prevents employees from crediting information to themselves rather than the company. The company should recognize the efforts by employees in issues to do with innovation.
Question 7
The main concerns of being an employee in this company are that the employee is restricted in the conversations they can have because they might create a business. There is also a concept that all innovations belong to the company and the
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Paragraph six states that any invention made by employee will be the property of the company, which limits my ability to create a similar product for another company. Paragraph nine also states the employee cannot work for a competitive business for three years following termination. This severely limits the opportunity for re-employment for the employee. Paragraph ten states the employee cannot contact any person or persons who were a customer of the company for at least three years after termination. The employee should ensure they turn over all documents and ideas to the company, as well as relinquish any call lists with contact information for customers of the company to avoid being sued by the

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