Hi,
I have a quick question. I own a small business and have hired mainly family members and family friends since we started.
One of these family members decided to go off on his own after a full 8 months of training in the industry. He copied our sales pitch, website is almost word for word the same as ours, he is servicing the same area and based out of the same city. It was a very disrespectful to say the least, but is it legal? He is lying on all his advertising stating that he has worked for years in the industry, etc... but should I look into taking legal action? He is also lying to potential customers about our practices so he would get hired instead of us. Luckily we have very faithful customers who stick with us and let us know whats going on.
I'm just not sure how to approach this. Any advise would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Kristine
I have a quick question. I own a small business and have hired mainly family members and family friends since we started.
One of these family members decided to go off on his own after a full 8 months of training in the industry. He copied our sales pitch, website is almost word for word the same as ours, he is servicing the same area and based out of the same city. It was a very disrespectful to say the least, but is it legal? He is lying on all his advertising stating that he has worked for years in the industry, etc... but should I look into taking legal action? He is also lying to potential customers about our practices so he would get hired instead of us. Luckily we have very faithful customers who stick with us and let us know whats going on.
I'm just not sure how to approach this. Any advise would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Kristine
via Small-Business-Forum.net http://www.small-business-forum.net/legal-hr/10172-ex-employee-now-business-owner.html
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