When you hire employees, it’s important for you to protect your company. One of the ways to do this is by having your employees execute confidentiality and inventions agreements or CIAAs. This is also called a propriety information and inventions assignment agreement. This is a document that protects your company’s confidential information and ensures that the company owns any work created by an employee during his or her employment. There are two parts to the CIAA, the confi

One of the most frequently asked questions I get from business owners is whether they can hire an independent contractor instead of an employee. This is particularly when they are first starting out. Companies are interested in using independent contractors because of the savings it provides and because at the early stages of their company, workload is uncertain. It can also help companies obtain services from workers that have special skills. If you’re thinking of hiring an