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Depending on an employee's role and contacts, a LinkedIn post about starting a new role can constitute a breach of their post-employment obligations, a workplace lawyer says.

Before social media, it might have been difficult to get evidence of somebody breaching their restraints, but activity on platforms like LinkedIn is hard to hide, Squire Patton Boggs partner Nicola Martin tells HR Daily.

When someone has joined a competitor or is setting up a new business, and is advertising their services on LinkedIn – where many of their contacts and connections are clients of their former employer – a mere announcement can constitute a non-solicitation breach, she says...