Question 127: Proving the material damage of an enterprise when Employees disclose confidential information on the social network (such as property, prestige, revenue/profits, costs, etc.) to apply the appropriate form of discipline is often very difficult because a damage may be of a mental nature such as reputation and brand of the enterprise and you cannot quantify the extent of such damage in terms of monetary value or prove the existence of such damage. What should the enterprise do in these cases?
1.Are Employers required to prove any material damage when Employees disclose the enterprise’s confidential information on the social network? First, it should be made clear that the term “confidential information” is not currently covered or explained in the Labor Code and its written guidelines on implementation. Article 126.1 of the Labor Code only refers to…
