CHAPTER III 



THE EMPLOYMENT OF AN ENGINEER IN A SALARIED POST 



1. Preliminary 



2. The agreement advisability 



of writing... 



3. Necessity for writing 



4. The written agreement 



what it must contain 

 5. What signature necessary... 

 6. Time for payment ... 

 7. Obligation to keep a man 



employed 



8. Illness 



9. How the service may be 



determined 



10. Length of notice 



11. Effect of termination of 



employment on salary due 

 12. Dismissal without notice... 

 13. Measure of damages for 



wrongful dismissal 

 14. Gratuitous service 

 15. Secret commissions 

 16. Kestrictive covenants 



generally 



17. Where covenant too wide 

 18. Principles of law as to 



restrictive covenants 

 19. Disclosure of secrets by a 



servant ... 



20. Injunction to restrain the 



disclosure of confidential 



information 



Trade secrets protected by 

 the Factory Act, 1901 ... 30 

 Rights of an engineer 

 under the Workmen's 

 Compensation Act, 1906 31 

 Rights of a resident engi- 

 neer as a tenant 31 



Employment of a marine 



engineer 31 



Agreement with a com- 

 pany to be formed ... 32 

 Employment of an engi- 

 neer in relation to a con- 

 tract for works ... ... 32 



Employment of an engineer 

 by local authorities ... 34 

 () Municipal corpora- 

 tions 34 



(i) Urban authorities 

 necessity for seal ... 35 

 Time for fixing seal 36 

 Penalty to be pre- 

 scribed 36 



Engineer not to be 

 interested in con- 

 tracts 36 



(^) Employment by 



other local authorities 37 

 Right to take out patents 37 



1, Preliminary. The man who is about to accept a per- 

 manent position as engineer must bear certain things in 

 mind before he binds himself to give his services to his new 

 employers. In the first place, he ceases to be a free-lance. 

 Unless it is otherwise provided for in his agreement, he must 

 give up his whole time, and allow his interest to be their 

 interest during the whole period of his service. 



