It’s easier to keep star employees than to sue them for leaving

If bosses do not want their employees to leave and join competitors, there is one practical recourse, and that is to treat them well. PHOTO: ISTOCK
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If bosses don’t want their most talented employees to quit and join their competitors, there is one practical step they can take – treat them so well that they would never think of leaving.

It is futile to take legal options such as putting strict anti-competitive terms in their employment contracts, because the law frowns at attempts to curb the freedom of employees to further their careers.

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