noncompete
Contract limiting rivals
A noncompete is a contractual clause or agreement that restricts someone from working for competitors or starting a competing business after leaving an employer.
Typically limited in duration and geographic scope: She couldn't join a rival firm for two years because of her noncompete.
Often used attributively: noncompete clause, noncompete agreement.
Enforceability varies widely by jurisdiction.
Hired organizational member
- employerOne who employs others
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- terminationAct of ending something
- hireTake on for work
talent · workforce · recruitment · onboarding · departure · executive · salesperson · physician
Shared position between parties
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- termFixed period or word
- durationLength of existence
limitation · enforceability · breach · penalty · injunction · severability · exclusivity · waiver
Legal dispute process
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- enforceabilityCapacity for legal compulsion
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- damagesCompensation for injury
settlement · arbitration · counsel · attorney · plaintiff · defendant · California
Bound on extent
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- restraintControl over impulses
- scopeExtent or range
- bindingLegally or morally required
Kindly, generous spirit
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- startupNew business enterprise
- industryEconomic production sector
employee
Hired organizational member
- employerOne who employs others
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- terminationAct of ending something
hire · talent · workforce · recruitment · onboarding · departure · executive · salesperson · physician · engineer
agreement
Shared position between parties
duration · limitation · enforceability · breach · penalty · injunction · severability · exclusivity · waiver · consideration
litigation
Legal dispute process
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- enforceabilityCapacity for legal compulsion
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
damages · settlement · arbitration · counsel · attorney · plaintiff · defendant · California
limitation
Bound on extent
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- restraintControl over impulses
- scopeExtent or range
binding · constraining · enforceable · reasonable · overbroad
goodwill
Kindly, generous spirit
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- startupNew business enterprise
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- contract termscontract terms, agreement, terms, conditions, condition
- workplace policiescode of conduct, ethics, policies, workplace policy, HR policies
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
noncompeteopen competition
Unrestricted public contest
noncompeteloyalty bonus
Benefit for ongoing patronage
retention bonus · golden handcuffs · stock options · deferred compensation · signing bonus
- noncompete clauseContract forbidding competitor employment