A stronger job market is prompting an uptick in suits by employers against workers who leave to join competitors, labor and employment lawyers said.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced May 8 that the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent, its lowest rate since 2008. The announcement came the same week that three separate employers filed suits in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey accusing their departing workers of violating their employment agreements.
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