Noncompete Agreements: What's Enforceable — and What's Not - Your old company can't prevent you from earning a living, but it can make it tough.
Publisher: Frontier     Author: Laura Castañeda   

Not a foreign concept? - What is the effect of downsizing on employers and their foreign workers? It can depend on the kind of visa a worker has. There are potential landmines for employers that your client company should know about.
Publisher: Business Law Today     Author: Lynda S. Zengerle   

Not Your Typical Employment Agreement: Selected Pro-Employee Employment - Some employment contract clauses favoring the employee.
Publisher: Janet Langjahr     Author: Janet Langjahr   

Personnel Record Retention Requirements - This article briefly explains how your responsibility to retain personnel-related records is affected by a variety of federal laws.
Publisher: Human resources at Suite101.com     Author: Christina Morfeld   

Savvy human resources policies help protect company's interests - The shortage of skilled high-technology workers has shifted the balance of power between human resources managers and prospective employees in bargaining terms of an employment contract.
Publisher: Benefits World     Author: Malcolm MacKillop   

The Permatemps Contretemps - It is the dark side of Free Agent Nation. Here's how the mix of Microsoft's human-resources policies, unwilling temps, high-tech union organizers, and "permatemp" agents produced unintended consequences -- and a cautionary tale.
Publisher: Fast Company     Author: Ron Lieber   

To Sign or Not to Sign - That's Not the Question - Prospective employers frequently submit to would-be employees one or more contracts for signature.
Publisher: Janet Langjahr     Author: Janet Langjahr   

To Sign or Not to Sign a Noncompete Contract - Even when you don't really have a choice, try to negotiate the terms.
Publisher: Frontier     Author: Laura Castañeda   

Understanding Stock Options for High-Tech Employment - At one time in the early days of the Internet economic boom, stock options were considered the ultimate path to riches. Options can still be an important part of an employment package at a high-tech company, but they're no guarantee of financial riches.
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Jay Hollander   

Underwater Stock Options - During the boom years of the ’90s, companies attracted top employees through attractive stock options. But now exercise prices are sinking below the waves (exceeding the current market price), and both employees and management have a problem.
Publisher: Strategic Finance     Author: Don Delves