Employee duties and restrictions on competition

This overview outlines the Practice Notes in the subtopic 'Employee duties and restrictions on competition'.

All employees are under a duty of fidelity to their employer, which is also known as the duty of good faith, or of loyalty.

Fidelity is a broad concept containing a number of more specific duties, some of which overlap both with each other and with the duty of trust and confidence:

  1. to behave honestly

  2. not to work in competition

  3. not to make a secret profit

  4. to disclose information

  5. not to misuse confidential information

Some employees will also owe additional, more onerous duties as a result of their being a fiduciary, or being a fiduciary in respect of some part of their duties. These may include:

  1. a duty to act in the best interests of the employer, ie to act selflessly and with undivided loyalty, which in turn comprises:

    1. the duty to account for all property and profits made from the employee’s position as a fiduciary (the ‘no profits’ rule)

    2. the duty not to let their own interest and that

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