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Fred Braman examines the newly codified duty of employees in Quebec to continue to act faithfully and honestly towards their employer for a reasonable time after cessation of employment, even where there is no written restrictive covenant. Despite the vagueness of the duty and the law's failure to affirm the primacy of competition, court-mandated restrictions have demonstrated a correct balance between basic rights of the public, the employer and the employee, as well as the need to check possible abusive behaviour.

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