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Deleting Software I Wrote Upon Leaving Employment of a Company

David's answer above is especially good regarding the wide array of legalities pertaining to both your ownership of the software and possible consequences of your deleting it from their system prior ...
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Deleting Software I Wrote Upon Leaving Employment of a Company

There are cases where it would be tricky. For instance, if you used your spare time to create a personal startup that connects apartment lessors and renters, while running the pumps on an oil rig as ...
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Deleting Software I Wrote Upon Leaving Employment of a Company

I have to disagree with gnasher's answer: If you wrote this software during your working time (nine to five), and were paid for that time, then the company owns the software. If you are a software ...
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Deleting Software I Wrote Upon Leaving Employment of a Company

(USA) This gets complicated quickly and depends entirely on the particulars of your situation and your jurisdiction. At a high level, there are several distinct issues: Destruction of Data This is ...
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Deleting Software I Wrote Upon Leaving Employment of a Company

If you wrote this software during your working time (nine to five), and were paid for that time, then the company owns the software. Even if they didn’t know you wrote it. So deleting the software ...
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Do remote employees count for purposes of WARN Act in NY State?

germany Where an employee is based is written down in the employment contract. For example, it determines, who pays costs for travelling. If someone is based in the Munich office, then going there on ...
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Racism or just stereotyping?

I should mention that I am based in the UK as a contractor (not perm). I’m mulling over whether to take legal action on this (or if it’s even possible to so). To take legal action on your own behalf, ...
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Do US companies have access to check out their job applicants immigration status?

In the US, employers are required to implement a procedure called I-9 Employment Verification for each employee they hire. New employees must present proof of identity and proof of work authorization. ...
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