Is a confidentiality contract between and employer and an employee a bilateral or a unilteral contract?
All contracts are bilateral, or there is no contract. By definition, a contract is an agreement between two or more persons or legal entities. A “unilateral contract” is a gift or a duty imposed by the law or because of a relationship between the parties (adoption being the most obvious example). Confidentiality, if required by a contract, is often a duty borne by one side (employee) for the benefit of the other (employer). While the duty may be unilateral, the contract is bilateral.
