EMPLOYMENT LAW & NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS

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EMPLOYMENT LAW NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS
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• What is a non-compete agreement?
• Non-compete agreements are documents signed by an
  employee, whether at the beginning or sometime
  during the employment with a company, promising
  not to work in the same competing industry,
  within a certain location, or work for specific
  employers for a defined period of time after the
  current employment ends. For example, if you work
  State Farm Insurance for many years, and are
  offered a job at Allstate, your current employee
  documentation should it have a non-compete
  agreement- would hinder you from simply giving
  your two weeks notice and beginning your new job
  with Allstate.

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• Non-compete agreements allow employers to protect
  themselves from you switching your loyalties
  from one company to another. In this case, State
  Farm may include in their non-compete agreement
  that you wait one year before beginning a job
  with a competitive company thus, protecting
  State Farm from losing their client base to your
  new opportunity with a competitive insurance
  agency.
• Employment lawyers can review a non-compete prior
  to being signed, assist you in court should you
  be sued for violating a non-compete, or try and
  guide you through getting out of a non-compete
  with a previous employer. While Tennessee courts
  disfavor non-competes, the courts still enforce
  them.

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• How do courts determine whether a non-compete is
  enforceable?
• Courts consider many variables however, common
  inquiries include whether the employers
  non-compete agreement extends beyond just not
  wanting to be competed with, whether the employee
  benefited from signing the non-compete, and if
  the requirements of the non-compete appear
  reasonable.
• Hiring an experienced employment lawyer can
  ensure that your companies agreement is
  reasonable and within your rights. While the
  non-compete agreement protects the company, it is
  your employment lawyer or attorneys job to best
  protect you.

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