How can Hong Kong employers protect their business information?
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This Practice Note on Confidentiality During and After Employment (Hong Kong) by Sarah Berkeley from Simmons & Simmons explains:
- What duties in relation to confidential information can be implied under Hong Kong law
- What information is considered confidential
- How the employer can protect confidential information using a clause in the employee's employment contract
- What remedies are available to an employer where the employee had made unauthorised use or disclosure of the employer's confidential information.
By Mri Shankarla
Legal Editor
Mri is a Legal Editor at Thomson Reuters. She is a law student in her final semester at the University of Sydney.