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Can an employment contract clause expressly prohibit post-termination disclosure of information that is not actually confidential? Most likely, no.
As a Singapore employment lawyer, I recently came across such a clause in an employment contract prohibiting indefinite disclosure of “any information” relating to the employer company.
Significance: the Singapore High Court (Coram: Tan Siong Thye J) upheld a two-year restraint of trade, non-competition, clause and ordered an injunction against an ex-employee. The Court also held there was a valid agreement for a severance package which was not predicated on the employee’s compliance with the non-competition undertaking.