The rules governing the ownership of employee-created intellectual property are simple once you know them. A company’s human resources (HR) team is often in the best position to make sure these rules are followed so that the company owns all of the intellectual property it pays its employees to create.

Generally, employees own the inventions they make while employed, except where the employee was specifically hired or is later assigned the duty of making the […]

U.S. employers should be aware of the global trend of “right to disconnect” laws and should review their policies on after-hours communications to stay ahead of social and legal changes.

Last week, Australia’s new “right to disconnect” law went into effect. The law protects employees who choose not to monitor, read, or respond to communications outside of their working hours, with some restrictions. The protection does not apply to “unreasonable” refusals or emergency situations. Whether […]