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Can a company you worked for prevent you from working for a competitor even if you signed a contract saying you would not for up to two years?
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∙ 14y ago
I recently had a non-comp drafted for me by a lawyer. His answer to this was "no".
The court will almost always side with you on this as it constitutes undue restriction on your profession There is a legal document you've signed, and you can be sued, but any seasoned lawyer could have it thrown out.
Just be careful about revealing trade secrets or other unethical behavior, this will get you slammed. I would recommend talking to the company that is looking to hire you about their willingness to defend you in court as well as what it is they want from you. Is it you they are after, or is it what you know? Did you have access to sensitive information? All this will be factored in when in court, but if you act honorably, you should be fine.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIf you have a no compete contract with your previous employer it probably says you can't work on their clients for a period of time, usually two years.
It does not prevent you from working for a competitor. It just prevents you from working on clients from your previous employer.
If you don't have a contract the question is irrelevant.
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A sub-contractors rights are usually defined in their sub-contractor's agreement (contract).
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Why would an employee be asked to sign a non-compete agreement?
Companies do this to prevent an employee from leaving the company and using the contacts and experience from working at the company to start a company in a similar profession. This helps prevent the company from incurring a loss in income due to training an employee who then goes off on their own to compete with the company.
Can you get fired for not working unscheduled hours?
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Working for a company is the fair and the correct answer for this question.
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That depends on your contract with the company and the labour laws of the country in which you live. This said, people working for a company have an investment in seeing that the company succeeds (or it will go bankrupt and you will lose your job) and asking you to do a bit of overtime in a crisis is a reasonable ask.
Is designed to prevent abuse of information gained by an individual working in one company and employed by another?
The Economic Espionage Act is designed for such threats.
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