{"id":191,"date":"2014-08-28T18:10:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T18:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2014-08-28T18:10:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T18:10:38","slug":"understanding-a-noncompete-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/understanding-a-noncompete-clause\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding a Noncompete Clause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employers are including noncompete language in employment contracts more often. What does that mean to you?<br \/>\nA recent article in<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><a title=\"The New York Times\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/09\/business\/noncompete-clauses-increasingly-pop-up-in-array-of-jobs.html?_r=0\"><i>The New York Times<\/i><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>discusses the rising use of noncompete language in employment contracts. When an employee leaves the employ of a company, noncompete language prohibits him or her from sharing or using company information or training as defined under an employment contract.<br \/>\nSome key points about noncompete agreements include the following:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font: 13px\/16px Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\n<li>Noncompete language included in an employment contract is also considered a restrictive covenant. When the agreement is signed, an employee agrees to prohibitions placed upon him or her by a former employer for a period of time.<\/li>\n<li>Restrictive covenants can protect an employer who has invested time and resources in an employee with special training, who has a critical relationship with certain clients, or who has access to trade secrets and other proprietary information.<\/li>\n<li>In a tight or sluggish economy, employers may use noncompete language beyond what is considered reasonable in order to reduce competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As noted in the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><i>Times<\/i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>article, noncompete agreements are becoming common. Rather than protect company secrets, the object of some restrictive covenants is simply to eliminate or reduce competition.<br \/>\nIn New York, noncompete agreements are legal and enforceable. Despite this, a court may find the scope of an agreement \u2014 either in time or breadth \u2014 to be unreasonable. A court may choose to uphold the original agreement or modify the existing agreement.<br \/>\nFor example, a noncompete term may be reduced from three years to six months. This leaves modified noncompete language intact and enforceable for a period of time.<br \/>\nIf you are considering a job that requires a noncompete agreement in New York, talk to an experienced<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><a title=\"labor and employment law\" href=\"\/es\/\">labor and employment law<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>attorney before you sign on the bottom line.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font: 13px\/16px Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"> <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employers are including noncompete language in employment contracts more often. What does that mean to you? A recent article in The New York Times discusses the rising use of noncompete language in employment contracts. When an employee leaves the employ of a company, noncompete language prohibits him or her from sharing or using company information &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/understanding-a-noncompete-clause\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Understanding a Noncompete Clause&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law","category-new-jersey-lawyer","category-new-york-city-lawyer","category-philadelphia-lawyer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}