United Kingdom: Post-termination restrictive covenants & constructive dismissal

What happens when an employee subject to a long notice period and post-compete restriction receives an attractive job offer from a rival firm? Do they turn it down, ask the rival to wait, or try to obtain a constructive dismissal claim against their present employer? The High Court has recently made an important ruling rejecting such an employee claim in circumstances where they have “a significant financial incentive to advance a constructive dismissal” [SQUARE GLOBAL LIMITED Claimant and JULIEN LEONARD (2020) EWHC 1008 (QB)] …

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