Here are 4 important reasons why you should have your employees sign an NDA. Read the related article here: https://everynda.com/blog/4-reasons-sign-nda-employees/

1. 4 reasons to sign NDA
with employees

2. Loss of important
confidential information
Reason 1

3. The NDA (1) places a legal obligation
on the employee to keep your
confidential information secret and
not misuse it for a
particular period of time.
(1) Link to https://everynda.com/blog/sample-non-disclosure-template/

4. Data obtained from LinkedIn’s
Economic Graph (2) reveals that
millennials graduating between 2006
to 2010 are most likely going to job
hop between 4 different companies
within their first 10 years of work.
(2) Link to https://blog.linkedin.com/2016/04/12/will-this-year_s-college-grads-job-hop-more-than-previous-grads

6. Psychological effect
Reason 2

7. An employee is less likely to steal
your confidential information if they
are aware that they could be sued.
The psychological deterrent effect
alone can be extremely effective in
protecting your secrets.

8. It clarifies your IP rights
Reason 3

9. It’s best practice to get the
employee to sign an NDA with
proprietary rights clauses to
ensure that any IP ownership
that arises is automatically
transferred to your company.

10. Here's an example (3) of a clause
for the transfer of IP ownership
from the Apriorit Software/R&D
Outsourcing Non-Disclosure
Agreement:
(3) Link to https://www.apriorit.com/nda-example

12. It clarifies what data
is confidential
Reason 4

13. An NDA helps to clarify for the
employee what they need to
treat with special care and
attention.

14. Here's an example of confidential
information as defined in Coca
Cola’s confidentiality agreement:

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