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Survey: Managing employee departures, 2007

An IRS survey on end-of-employment issues looks in detail at the operation of employer policies on notice periods, the use of confidentiality and non-competition clauses in contracts of employment, and at the operation of compromise agreements.

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About our research
Number of departures
Chart 1: Reasons given for employee departures
Notice periods: the law
Calculating notice periods
Chart 2: Reasons given for differences in notice periods
Cutting notice periods short
Changes to policy on notice periods
Confidentiality and non-competition clauses
Compromise agreements
Chart 3: Circumstances under which a compromise agreement is used
Chart 4: Issues covered by compromise agreement
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Table 1: Changes made to notice period policies at 21 organisations.