Non-Solicitation Covenant In Employment Contract Enforced

Non-solicitation covenants are clauses that prohibit employees from soliciting clients or employees from their former employer after leaving the company. The courts have generally upheld these covenants when they are reasonable in scope, duration, and geographic limitation. However, enforcing such covenants can be challenging. Employers should carefully draft non-solicitation clauses to ensure they are enforceable and seek legal advice when dealing with potential breaches.

Although non-solicitation and non-competition clauses have been considered a restraint of trade and contrary to public policy, they can be enforceable in certain circumstances. Since the threshold for enforcement is high, those circumstances have often been few and far between.