Legal: Contracts & agreements

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Trade Secrets and NDAs: What HR Professionals Must Know

HR Party of One May 22, 2025


Contracts & agreements 9
Intellectual property 8
Communication 5
  • Three criteria determine whether information legally qualifies as a trade secret.
  • Speak Out Act and 2025 DOJ guidance impose real limits on NDA enforcement.
  • Onboarding, NDA design, and offboarding are HR's three protection levers.

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What a notice of separation is and when to use one

HR Party of One October 17, 2023


Contracts & agreements 9
  • Required for both voluntary and involuntary separations, not just firings
  • Missing a notice can result in approved unemployment claims you could have contested
  • State deadlines vary from 24 hours to 30 days after separation

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Non-compete agreements: what employers need to know

HR Party of One July 13, 2023


Contracts & agreements 9
Hiring & recruitment 5
  • Overbroad non-competes invite lawsuits more than they offer protection.
  • Three states ban non-competes outright; state law varies widely.
  • Strong candidates may walk away rather than sign a non-compete.

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Non-disclosure agreements: types, legal use, and HR obligations

HR Party of One July 6, 2023


Contracts & agreements 9
  • Four unilateral NDA types cover employees, contractors, inventors, and buyers
  • Overly broad NDAs are unenforceable — always use a lawyer to draft
  • HR owns NDA compliance: onboarding, signatures, and legislative monitoring

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Training repayment agreements: what employers need to know

HR Party of One May 9, 2023


Contracts & agreements 8
Compliance & regulation 7
Hiring & recruitment 5
  • TRAPs can backfire: they may hurt recruiting more than reduce turnover
  • Courts often won't enforce repayment if training was unnecessary or duplicated
  • Federal regulation is advancing — existing agreements could become void

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Five ways your team is putting your SaaS company at risk

Dan Martell February 27, 2023


Contracts & agreements 9
Cybersecurity basics 8
Processes & SOPs 6
  • No signed agreement can let a contractor claim your codebase at exit.
  • A developer who owns your GitHub repo can hold you to ransom.
  • Employees unknowingly hand third-party apps full access to your CRM data.

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How to design an executive benefits program

HR Party of One October 27, 2022


Contracts & agreements 9
Bootstrapping 7
Hiring & recruitment 6
  • Standard disability caps leave high-earning executives with half their coverage.
  • Key person life insurance pays the business, not the individual, on death.
  • A buy-sell agreement stops ownership passing to someone outside the business.

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How to build an effective internship program: HR's guide

HR Party of One June 2, 2022


Contracts & agreements 10
AI tools & automation 10
Management 10
  • Internships are a hiring pipeline, not a short-term staffing fix
  • Most for-profit interns must be paid minimum wage under FLSA
  • HR owns five distinct roles from policy design to legal compliance

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Three principles for getting more done as a startup CEO

TK Kader February 13, 2022


Contracts & agreements 10
AI tools & automation 10
Deep work & focus 10
  • Productivity tactics fail without a clear, durable personal why.
  • Give people what they want first — that wealth funds what they need.
  • Strategy for your life must precede tactics, just like in business.

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Founder Q&A: legal agreements, hosting, career struggles, and SaaS exits

Startups For the Rest of Us August 17, 2021


Contracts & agreements 8
Exit strategy 8
Automation & tools 5
  • No founder vesting is a cap table mistake that blocks future funding.
  • Crossing $1M ARR unlocks revenue multiples and a bigger buyer pool.
  • Getting a job at a SaaS company is often the fastest path out of a draining role.

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