Subject: Confidentiality and intellectual property agreement
This agreement is between [Company legal name] ("the Company") and [Full name] (employee code [Employee code]), effective [Date of joining].
1. Confidential information
You will not disclose or use, except for the Company's work, any confidential information, including client data, business plans, pricing, source code, designs and employee information, during or after your employment.
2. Intellectual property
All work, inventions and materials you create in the course of your employment belong to the Company.
3. Return of property
On leaving, you will return all Company property, documents and data in your possession.
4. Non-solicitation
For 12 months after leaving, you will not solicit the Company's employees or clients for a competing business.
Signed and accepted by [Full name] on ____________.