• Non-Compete Agreements
• Tortious Interference
• Breach of Fiduciary Duty
• Breach of Contract

How Do I Know if My NY Non-Compete Agreement Is Enforceable?

A: A non-compete clause for a New York company is created to protect the investment a company has made in training its employees from working against them from a competing company. But that doesn’t mean that the company can keep an employee from moving on with his or her life. After a person has gained skills and experience in a field of work, he should be able to take those skills and pursue a new career.

Employees are protected by New York laws, which say a non-compete agreement is deemed unfair and unenforceable if it violates the following criteria:

• The clause is too unfair to the employee, unreasonably favoring the company
• The agreement isn’t specific enough, leaving the company with too much influence of what the rules are
• The clause violates what can be seen as beneficial to the general public
• The agreement has an unfair waiting period or too far of a reach geographically
• The clause violates the workers’ rights to take their knowledge and experience back into the field