The employment relationship requires a certain level of trust between the employer and the employee. How high that level is depends on the nature of the work and the employer – an employee who works mostly on their own, or one working with the public with health or safety responsibilities, working with money and confidential information would, of course, need a higher level of trust than many other types of workers.
But what happens if that trust is breached, or at least shaken?
One of the ways that trust in an employee can be broken is when a conflict of interest arises. Some employers have restrictive covenants that prevent employees from doing things like competing with the employer or soliciting clients for a certain amount of time after termination employment, but what about when they’re still with the company.
