Confidentiality

[gueanaqselat]

Hi, im new in law so i want to ask you some suggestion about this problem:
Barbara is a factory foreman at Bedlow LTD which manufactures mattresses. Over the years, she has come to understand the production process well and has adjusted the machinery to produce more hard wearing mattress. Her husband, Alan, is sales manager. He has an excellent long-term relationship with Bedlow's customers. By accident, Alan has received a letter meant only for Bedlow's directors outlining a plan to introduce a revotionary new mattress, while barbara has overhead one director on the telephone, making plans to join an Italian rival. Meanwhile, Barbara and Alan have been offered better paying jobs by Sleepy Ltd, Bedlow's main British rival. Natusrally, Sleepy would be interested in all the relevant information which Barbara and Alan have about the mattress business and Bedlow. How much can they safely reveal without breach of confidence???

please some one help me...thax

 

[hexeliebe]

If this is a matter in England

then you're not going to get much help here because this is a forum for U.S. Law ONLY.

That being said, any information that is a product of the two people's relationship with their employer, including overhearing a telephone conversation, a director or intercepting a letter not meant for them, is considered work product and as such is owned by the company, not the parties.

If any of the information is revealed to a third-party then they would be held liable.

The sales manager could work for another competing firm and as their representative contact customers of his previous employer, but he can't take sales lists, contracts or any other tangible property of his previous employer to facilitate that contact.

If this is a U.S. situation then you'd better consult an employment attorney. That's where this question belongs.