10.1 Introduction

LibraryEmployment Law in Virginia (Virginia CLE) (2020 Ed.)

10.1 INTRODUCTION

An employee is free to leave an employer to go to work for a competitor. An employer that wishes to prevent this must persuade the employee to sign a written covenant in which the employee agrees that when the employment ceases, he or she will not take up employment with a competitor. Such a covenant is called a covenant not to compete.

In the absence of a covenant not to compete, a former...

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