Oregon recently enacted HB2992, further limiting its already
restrictive non-compete law, which will apply to any agreements
entered on or after January 1, 2020. The new law amends
Oregon's prior non-compete law by requiring the employer, as a
condition of the non-compete' s enforceability, to provide a
signed, written copy of the terms of the non-compete agreement to
the employee within thirty days of the termination of employment.
This is effectively a mandatory reminder, as Oregon's
non-compete law already required the employer to inform the
employee at the outset of employment of the non-compete agreement,
either two weeks prior to the employee's first day of
employment or as part of a bona fide advancement of the
employee. Oregon's non-compete law also already required
that the employee be in an "administrative, executive, or
professional" position and have access to trade secrets, other
competitively sensitive information, or be "on-air"
talent subject to
