Section 3 Enforceability by Subsequent Entities

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

In Alexander & Alexander, Inc. v. Koelz, 722 S.W.2d 311, 313 (Mo. App. E.D. 1986), the court held that a restrictive employment covenant is not rendered unenforceable by a merger of the corporate employer into its parent corporation. A mere change in the form of the employer does not result in a prohibited assignment of a personal services contract, and the successor corporation may enforce the restrictive employment covenant clause. Id.; see also Alexander & Alexander, Inc. v. Feldman, 913 F. Supp. 1495...