High-Tech/Software and Communications Resource Center for HR: Terminations

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Given the complexity of their business practices, employers in the high-tech/software and communications industries face unique challenges when it comes to terminations. Employers must be cognizant of employees with special skills, restrictive covenants or knowledge of proprietary business information, while also serving the organization's business interests. To that end, employers should strive to achieve the goal of having a unified workforce without being exposed to unfair competition and litigation, which could ultimately affect the enforceability of arbitration agreements, profitability or employee morale. Employers should be proactive in building evidence for employee terminations, should conduct exit interviews whenever possible to identify post-termination risk and should offer outgoing employees consideration in exchange for releases of claims or restrictive covenants.

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