The employee desires to be employed by the company in a capacity in which he/she may receive, contribute, or develop confidential and proprietary information. Such information is important to the future of the company and the company expects the employee to keep secret such proprietary and confidential information and not to compete with the company during his/her employment and for a reasonable period after employment.
Connecticut Employee Confidentiality and Unfair Competition - Noncompetition - Agreement
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Confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements are contracts in which the employee promises not to disclose certain proprietary information, such as trade secrets. Non-compete agreements are contracts in which the employee agrees not to unfairly compete against his/her (former) employer.
Typically, the only way to fight a non-compete agreement is to go to court. If you are an employee (or former employee) who signed such an agreement, this means you must violate the agreement and wait to be sued. It may be that your former employer has never sued another employee to enforce the non-compete agreement.
It is possible to find non-compete loopholes in certain circumstances in order to void a non-compete contract. For instance, if you can prove that you never signed the contract, or if you can demonstrate that the contract is against the public interest, you may be able to void the agreement.
According to Connecticut law, a non-compete is only enforceable against a former employee if it is reasonable. What is reasonable for a non-compete is determined through a five-part test. The parts are: The duration of the restriction. Generally speaking, longer restrictions are harder to enforce.
Confidentiality agreements can either protect both parties and so both parties are agreeing not to disclose or use each other's confidential information. In contrast, non-compete agreements are almost always one-sided agreements. Usually, one party (the employer) requires the other party not to compete.
You Can Void a Non-Compete by Proving Its Terms Go Too Far or Last Too Long. Whether a non-compete is unenforceable because it covers too large of a geographical area or it lasts too long can depend on many factors. Enforceability can depend on your industry, skills, location, etc.
Non-competes are enforceable and valid even if the employer terminates the employment relationship (Gartner Group, Inc. v. Mewes, 1992 WL 4766 (Conn.
Non-compete agreements are typically considered enforceable if they: Have reasonable time restrictions (generally less than one year) Are limited to a certain geographic area (specific cities or counties, rather than entire states)
In Connecticut, non-compete provisions in physician employment agreements, also known as restrictive covenants, have long been considered reasonable restrictions on competition and enforceable.