0 used to describe an agreement that prevents an employee who leaves a company from working for another company involved in the same activity for a particular period:
The most common way to do this is through legal means, such as non-compete and non-disclosure agreements.
Canadian employees were required to sign a 12 month non-compete agreement.
The extent to which non-compete clauses are legally allowed varies per jurisdiction.
For this reason, non-compete agreements have been popular among companies with employees working in states where they are allowed.
The company announced that former employees would be released from non-compete clauses, allowing them to contact and continue to represent past clients.
About 45 employees left the company after refusing to sign a new employee agreement which contained a three years non-compete clause.
The sale agreement included a three year non-compete clause.
These regional affiliates felt that the new company would be violating non-compete agreements that the former companies had made with the affiliates.
