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Fun fact: loyalty to the employer is often considered as being written into the law of the province I live in. https://www.educaloi.qc.ca/en/capsules/being-loya
by Raphmedia 8y ago
Fun fact: loyalty to the employer is often considered as being written into the law of the province I live in. https://www.educaloi.qc.ca/en/capsules/being-loyal-your-employer https://www.educaloi.qc.ca/en/capsules/being-loyal-your-empl...
| 2088. The employee is bound not only to perform his work with prudence and diligence, but also to act faithfully and honestly and not use any confidential information he obtains in the performance or in the course of his work.
| These obligations continue for a reasonable time after the contract terminates and permanently where the information concerns the reputation and privacy of others.
- dv_dt 8y agoNot disclosing confidential information is more ethics than loyalty. That that may fall under a legal definition of loyalty in some areas, but I think in more common parlance that behavior would just be professionalism. Even then there has to be some degree of judiciousness between what a company might consider confidential and what is just industry knowledge. And over time, a lot of what might be held confidential, becomes common practice too.
- ElBarto 8y agoYes but that's "legal loyalty", basically being honest, which is not the same as e.g. making efforts or sacrifices out of loyalty.
- Raphmedia 8y agoAgreed, that's why I worded it as "is often considered". The law being a bit vague, employers often present it as employees needing to be personally loyal. The law asks one to "act faithfully". Faithfully can easily be used as a synonym for devoted and some employers ask a religious devotion to the company.
- ElBarto 8y agoI can assure you that the law is very clear and established. Employees are often not very knowledgeable about it, though. And in any case some jurisdictions have employment at will...
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