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> Of course it makes considerable sense for companies to hire retired government insiders to help them with strategy and/or lobbying. There is no way to prove t

> Of course it makes considerable sense for companies to hire retired government insiders to help them with strategy and/or lobbying. There is no way to prove that there was any wrong doing while the person was a government employee. There are also no conflict of interest guidelines that can apply since the person is no longer a government employee. Considering there sometimes are in the tech industry clauses in contract that prevent an employee from working in another company active in the same field for X years, could such a clause be applied to government employees ? To prevent that kind of abuse. Could that legally be done (in Canada, eg) and would that be `fair' ?

mavelikara 11y ago
> Considering there sometimes are in the tech industry clauses in contract that prevent an employee from working in another company active in the same field for X years, could such a clause be applied to government employees ? To prevent that kind of abuse. Could that legally be done (in Canada, eg) and would that be `fair' ? Especially considering that the pensions can be thought of as a form of "gardening leave"[1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave