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Competition

Employment contract for pest control restricts calling upon the trade for 2 years, is this legal? So I can't work for any other pest control company within a 50 miles radius for the next 2 years.

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Posted on / Jul. 18, 2008 12:08:00

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oh, those non-compete clauses in the employment agreements!!

Are you the head of your sales district with special ties to clients? Do you have information about your former employer's trade secrets about killing roaches faster? I didn't think so, and I think you could defend yourself against your former employer suing you should you start practicing your skills in contravention of such non-compete clause. Judges do not like to enforce silly non-compete clauses. An average 'Joe Exterminator' like yourself should not be prevented from practicing his journeyman skills in the community.

I wish you were downstate, where the judges frequently laugh at such nonsense.

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Posted on / Jul. 18, 2008 12:08:00

Re: Competition

oh, those non-compete clauses in the employment agreements!!

Are you the head of your sales district with special ties to clients? Do you have information about your former employer's trade secrets about killing roaches faster? I didn't think so, and I think you could defend yourself against your former employer suing you should you start practicing your skills in contravention of such non-compete clause. Judges do not like to enforce silly non-compete clauses. An average 'Joe Exterminator' like yourself should not be prevented from practicing his journeyman skills in the community.

I wish you were downstate, where the judges frequently laugh at such nonsense.

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