All Questions and Answers about Non-competition

What concerns should I have if I don't know if I signed a non compete with Employer who fired me?
2 answers  |  asked Jan 20, 2010 08:24 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

If I signed a no compete in 99 will it still hold even though I have been treated badly for years?
I signed a no compete in 1999, for years other employees and I have been treated badly. We finally have got the courage to leave. She slanders us to other people and calls us at home and yells at us. ...
2 answers  |  asked Jan 15, 2010 5:04 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can a company require you to sign 2nd non-compete during continuous employment for longer duration?
I signed a non-compete with a duration of 18 months when I was hired 20 years ago. The company has changed names but not owners since then and just recently it was decided that all employees must sign...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 13, 2010 6:38 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can a restrictive convenant prevent me from accepting any work at a customer site?
My employer laid me off. A customer of my former employer wanted to engage in consulting services with me. My former employer said I could not engage in the consulting services because of a non-compet...
3 answers  |  asked Jan 11, 2010 1:52 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Can an employer withhold wages, if I refuse to sign a contractor agreement?
After being laid off, I worked for my former employer as an independent contractor. As an independent contractor, I provided consulting services to a customer of my former employer. The contract was f...
2 answers  |  asked Jan 11, 2010 1:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Is a non compete clause valid if the company has been purchased bysomeone else but the name is same?
Is a non compete clause valid if a previous company has been purchased since separation. A non compete clause was signed at the time of employment. The clause signed was for two years. The company has...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 5, 2010 10:51 AM [EST]  |  applies to Kansas

Is my non-compete covenant valid?
I am a journalist with a job in Connecticut, but I would like to take a job at a competitor in New York. The thing is, I pretty naively signed a non-compete covenant when beginning my job. There are s...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 12, 2009 12:22 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

If I gained nothing, other than employment and medical bens, is it enforcable?
I have been a dog groomer for 24 1/2 yrs., the last two with a major corporation. I "initialed" a no compete clause that I was not provided a copy of at the time (but I needed a job). I absolutely hat...
1 answer  |  asked Dec 10, 2009 06:36 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Employee Agreement includes non-compete clause. Is non-compete reasonable and/or enforcable?
I live in NJ but have been offered employemnt by a company in Arizona. Employment Agreement they are requiring me to sign as condition of employment, includes confidentiality and intellectual property...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 13, 2009 11:32 AM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

Moonlighting
My job was eliminated (Office Manager) and I was offered another position at 1/2 my salary. I took it and was able to get side work which I told a partner at my office about (who had no problem with i...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 9, 2009 07:08 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York