It is not uncommon for companies to make employees sign non-competition agreements as a requisite part of hiring paperwork. Non-competition agreements, or NDAs, are an interesting aspect of contract law since they do not go into effect until after the employee has...
Types Of Work-Related Injuries
It is often considered that employee can only receive workers’ compensation by the employer in case of injuries at the workplace. Though the workers’ compensation is the general rule but there are many situations and exceptions which an injured worker or his/her...
Georgia Enacts Restrictive Non-Compete Law
ATLANTA –Georgia’s governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 30, to the relief of employers and franchisors. The new law was drafted to resolve a debate surrounding the validity of last year’s voting initiative in which Georgians overwhelmingly expanded the...
Georgia Non-Compete Reform Bill Hurts Employees
On May 11, Randy Edwards spoke at the monthly Southeast Franchise Forum breakfast on enforcing Trade Secrets and Non-Competes. The other presenters took the pro-franchisor side, and Randy (naturally) took the franchisee side. “At the SEFF presentation, I got out-voted...
