[Gllug] [OT] Non-compete clauses in employment contracts

[Doug Winter]

Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> I have a non-compete clause in my contract that specifically mentions 
> the company's clients.  Purely theoretically, how much value can you 
> place on these clauses in contracts, in an IANAL context?

These are quite enforceable here, unless they cover so much of your 
available potential employers as to be restraint of trade, rendering you 
unemployable.  That's a value judgement a court would have to make.

If you take the piss, they can nail you :)

doug.

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