non-competition agreements

[All County Lawns]

I had this story forwarded to me and I thought everyone here would be interested in it as well. If you are concerned about your employees quitting after they have worked for you and then starting their own company, have all your employees sign a non-competition agreement. It is a good idea!

Read this article. (http://www.pctonline.com/news/news.asp?Id=1987) http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[Costa LawnCare]

Do you have a copy of one that you could post. I would be interested in that.

[All County Lawns]

Here is an example of an "EMPLOYEE NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT"

http://www.ilrg.com/forms/nocompet.html

Here a background article on the legal enforcement of such agreements.
"Courts have traditionally enforced non-competition restrictions that are limited to one to two years in duration and tied to where the employer actually conducted business."
http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/2000-all/towns-2000-08-all.html