Employer confidentiality is important to protect sensitive information, and employees may be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Violating this agreement can lead to legal action. Employers should review confidentiality with new hires, and employees should also be aware of their own confidentiality.
Employer confidentiality is what most employers want employees to respect, which means they don’t want employees to reveal confidential employer information to people they know, the general public or competing companies. Most new employees are required to sign an employer nondisclosure agreement when starting work at a new company. When a person works for a company, they typically have access to very sensitive information, such as confidential pricing information, customer information, and marketing strategies. These are examples of things an employer would want to keep private during and after a person’s employment with the company.
In some cases, employees are unhappy with the company they work for and may be tempted to violate the employer’s non-disclosure agreement in order to offend the company or gain personal gain. Things like layoffs, pay cuts, and other changes within a company that negatively affect an employee can trigger the desire to share this confidential information. Most companies know this, and this is another reason why the non-disclosure agreement tends to be so important. If a company discovers that an employee who is currently or was working for the company discloses confidential information, it may be entitled to take legal action against the employee.
Many employees don’t think about the fact that they signed an employer non-disclosure agreement or simply don’t remember signing one. Companies often present new hires with a stack of papers to sign, which often include the non-disclosure agreement, and employees can sign all of them without taking the time to look through them. Employees who are not aware of the non-disclosure agreement are much more likely to breach the agreement. It can be helpful for employers to carefully review confidentiality with new hires and emphasize the importance of that particular piece of paper before the employee signs it.
In addition to employer confidentiality, there is also employee confidentiality. When a person is hired by a company, they usually share a lot of their confidential information with that company. Your employer may have a file that contains your social security number, pay rate, and possibly credit score. Employers may also keep resumes and other information which may include name, address and medical history. Most employers must provide their new employees with a privacy statement promising that any personal information they obtain will never be shared or sold to anyone.
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