How to protect yourself from theft of employees during outstaffing?

Question

Law in IT

The customer and the developer communicate without intermediaries. If both are happy with each other, the question "why do we need a service provider?" occurs naturally in one of the parties.

1. What steps are companies taking to prevent such situations?
2. How do they act if this happens?

It is even difficult to imagine an average company with less than 100 employees in the Russian Federation/Belarus/Ukraine trying to sue a customer from the USA because of the poaching of several employees.

Answer 1

Well, there aren't many options. For good - one and this is a contract. And yes, sue. It is only important to understand that the court because of one or two people is not profitable) For such small losses, they usually score in general. And sometimes it happens that it happened so by accident

Answer 2

A holy place is never empty - about employees.
An agreement with the customer is required.

How to protect yourself from theft of employees during outstaffing?

- decent pay;
- comfort;
- motivation