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You’re a free agent and your noncompetition agreement is void!  That should make you feel less stressed about getting your next job in the very industry you have spent so many years cultivating, especially during this pandemic.  Yes, I know your employer made you sign a noncompetition agreement when you were hired, but Covid-19 has changed everything.

I did not like noncompetition agreements before Covid-19 and I dislike them even more now seven months into this pandemic.  According to the latest jobs report, click HERE, “the total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending September 19 was 25,505,499…”  If you are a judge presiding over a complaint brought by an employer attempting to enforce a noncompetition agreement, would you enforce it against the unemployed employee in the face of these jobless numbers? Answer, No!  Regardless of the law related to noncompetition agreements (restrictive covenant), no judge will want to prevent employees terminated without cause from getting a new job. Who is going to pay for the employee’s food?  Who is going to pay for the employee’s mortgage?  How is she going to buy medication or diapers?

The time has now come to confront the idiotic, senseless and self-serving practice followed by 50% of all employers to force noncompetition agreements on vulnerable employees, especially during this pandemic. We need to protect employees and the income they need right now to survive.  We also need to confront employers and demand they stop using noncompetition agreements altogether because they are abusive and unnecessary. Employers are already overprotected by making employees sign Confidentiality and Proprietary Information Agreements, which protect against the disclosure of company trade secrets to third party employers.

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