This document is a confidentiality policy. This policy provides information for employees in relation to their obligations of confidentiality in relation sensitive company information and intellectual property.

It is suitable for use in any business with persons who are:

·                permanent employees (including full time and part time);

·                fixed-term employees;

·                casual employees; and

·                temporary agency staff and contractors.

This policy works in conjunction with the separate precedent “Termination of employment policy”.

This document has been prepared for LexisNexis and authored by Brooke Pendlebury, Principal, Pendlebury Workplace Law, Sydney.

This document is prepared with the assistance of Specialist Editor Justine Turnbull, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw Australia.