Breach of duty of good faith when manager lured staff to another firm
Generally, unless an employee signs a non-competition agreement with their employer, they are free to leave their job and begin competing directly against this employer. However, every employee owes some “duty of good faith” to their current employer. The scope of this duty depends upon the role of the employee within the organisation. For employees with critical […]
Women’s networking breakfast
This morning, I went to Lisa MacLeod’s latest Nepean-Carleton Women in Business breakfast held in Barrhaven. Anyone who reads my blog knows I have a particular fondness for women’s-only business events and this one is always great. Angela Sutcliffe was the speaker today. She talked about some of the challenges women face in networking. It doesn’t matter how many talks […]
Top female entrepreneurs
Profit magazine has released its list of the 100 most profitable companies owned by women entrepreneurs in Canada. If you read the article that accompanies the list, it cites some important differences between male-owned businesses and those owned by women. 85% of women-owned businesses have less than 5 employees, and revenues generated by these firms falls below half of […]
Nepean Chamber awards 2008
Shari Westman won the Businesswoman of the Year at the Nepean Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, held on October 16th. Shari’s business, Comfort Keepers, provides home care services to seniors. Congratulations, Shari!
‘Corrective advertising’ damages
A post on ipblog.ca mentions a Florida case which imposed damages on a Canadian company for knowingly using a domain name that caused confusion with the business of a U.S. trademark holder. The Canadian company (using the same name as the American company) had a website which generated higher Google rankings than the website of its […]
