Employment Contracts

As a highly-skilled or educated employee, you cannot just find a replacement job when your current position ends. It may require months of searching for you to find even one position that matches your skills and even longer for you to get a job that offers comparable...

Getting an offer at a company for a competitive position is positive, but there is typically still a lot of work to do before you move into the role. You will likely want to negotiate your contract to make it more favorable for you. For many executives, the main focus...

Severance packages are a benefit of employment, not an entitlement. Many educated professionals like executives and managers negotiate an employment contract when they accept a new position somewhere. Asking for severance pay is often part of those negotiations. ...

Executives command excellent compensation for their services. They often have a lengthy and complex contract explaining what compensation they will receive and what obligations they have to the company. Many executives negotiating a contract for a new position will...

Taking an executive position at a big company means a lot of responsibility. Your new position often involves a lot of paperwork. After all, as a high-earning professional, you need to protect yourself  -- and the company wants to limit its liability and the risk to...

CEOs often work under a contract with the company rather than as an at-will employee. To understand the possible resolutions for a mistake in CEO’s contract, it is helpful to understand some basics of contract law because fundamentally, the answers are the same. How...

Disputes in the Michigan and national business realm surrounding noncompete agreements occur frequently and often garner prominent judicial attention.Indeed, a recent article on the subject matter stresses that, "The most litigated issue in employment contracts is the...

OK, so you took a few files and documents with you when you recently terminated employment with Company A, intending to use them in your new digs with Company B. They served you well and unquestionably increased your efficiency during your former employment tenure, so...

During an acquisition, upper management from the acquiring company typically recognizes the key talent in place at the acquired organization. After all, it was these people who helped make the company an attractive acquisition target. Retaining high achievers is a...

You can't assume that position with our business rival, given that a prerequisite for doing so will be your use of proprietary information that you took from us when you quit our company beforehand.Yes, I can, because my new job description differs markedly from what...