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Generally, under Colorado law, non-solicitation and non-competition agreements are deemed void, except in the following limited circumstances: (1) contracts for the purchase and sale of a business or the assets of a business; (2) agreements with executives, management personnel, and their professional staff; (3)
After expiration or termination of this agreement, employee name agrees not to compete with company name for a period of number years within a number mile radius of company name and location.
Even if an exception applies, Colorado courts require non-compete agreements to be reasonable in temporal and geographic scope to be enforceable.
Here are five ways to beat a non-compete agreement.Prove your employer is in breach of contract.Prove there is no legitimate interest to enforce the non-compete agreement.Prove the agreement is not for a reasonable amount of time.Prove that the confidential information you had access to isn't special.More items...
While for many years Colorado has prohibited the use of non-competes (with certain exceptions), it recently became the first state to criminalize the use of non-competes exceeding the permissible scope of state law. A new Colorado law raises the stakes for employers using restrictive covenants.
A standard non-compete agreement is a formal agreement between an employer and employee that states that the employee will not engage in any employment activities that are in competition or conflict with their primary job.
In order to be enforceable, a non-compete agreement must include an offer, acceptance, intent, and a benefit or consideration to the employee in exchange for his or her promise. The benefit could be as simple as getting the job or, for an existing employee, getting a promotion or raise.
In the State of Colorado, non-compete agreements generally are not allowed, unless they fall under one of the following four exceptions: They are used to protect trade secrets. They are used to protect the purchaser in connection with the sale of a business and/or its assets.
You Can Void a Non-Compete by Proving Its Terms Go Too Far or Last Too Long. Whether a non-compete is unenforceable because it covers too large of a geographical area or it lasts too long can depend on many factors. Enforceability can depend on your industry, skills, location, etc.