Creating an employee handbook may seem low on the list of priorities when you are first starting a business. However, having this in place can provide an array of benefits. The book itself is a guide providing information about rules, expectations and more for...
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Protecting a Business from Employee Theft of Trade Secrets: Part 2 – Technology
There are some common sense ways for small businesses to minimize the threat of employee theft of trade secrets. This is the second in a three-part series on the subject. The first post, on using HR policies to protect trade secrets can be found here. Today’s post...
Protecting a Business from Employee Theft of Trade Secrets, Part 1 – HR Policies
Increasingly a business’ most important assets are digital in nature. Client databases, business plans, source code and other intellectual property often represent a significant portion of a business’ value. Technology such as cloud-storage and sharing applications...