NON-COMPETE & NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENTS IN NC

Is Your Business Protected?

Your employees are investments - how secure are they?

Without having the proper protections in place, your business could be exposed. In North Carolina, non-compete agreements and non-solicitation agreements are two tools you can use to protect your company. However, there are a lot of guidelines you need to follow to make sure the agreements will hold up in a court of law.

Two Ways to Protect Your Business Is My Agreement Enforceable in Court? What Happens When An Employee Violates the Terms?

Two Ways to Protect Your Business

A non-compete limits the employee’s ability to compete with the employer for a set period of time after an employee exits the company. This can shield your business from losing trade secrets, operational knowledge, and other vital information to competitors.
Similarly, a non-solicitation agreement restricts an employee’s ability to solicit an employer’s customers for a set period of time after employment ends. Essentially, this keeps former employees from poaching your customers.

Is My Agreement Enforceable in Court?

What Happens When An Employee Violates the Terms?

Without former employees, your current workforce, and your competitors being aware of your intent and ability to pursue legal action against any violators, merely having the agreements in place may not be enough to protect your business.

By bringing a civil action to enforce these agreements—which can result in different forms of relief ranging from an injunction to monetary damages—a company sends a message to employees that it is willing to protect the business by enforcing its contractual rights with respect to former employees.

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