By Neil H. Deutsch | Published April 25, 2013 | Posted in Employment Law | Tagged Tags: employment law attorney, New Jersey attorney, NJ employment law, non compete agreement | Comments Off on Should You Sign a Non-Compete Agreement?
It is common for employers to ask employees to sign a non-compete agreement prior to accepting a position. Essentially, the purpose of a non-compete agreement is to prevent an employee from revealing a company’s ideas, sales leads and other confidential information to competitors over a certain period of time and/or within a certain geographical location. Read More
Read MoreAfter purchasing 16 newspapers in 2011, the Halifax Media Group asked their new employees to sign an agreement preventing them from working for other media companies in other cities with Halifax properties for two years if they left the company. This sort of agreement is called a “non-compete agreement,” or “restrictive covenant.” These agreements prevent Read More
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