Oregon Employee Noncompete (Noncompetition) Agreement
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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.
Under Oregon law, in order for a non-compete to be enforceable, the non-compete must be entered into upon a subsequent bona fide advancement. This means that the no-compete either needs to be entered into either at the start of employment, or with additional consideration, such as a promotion or pay increase.
Non-Solicitation of Clients Agreements and Oregon Law What this means is that often times savvy employers will include these agreements in contracts rather than including a non-compete agreement, because non-solicitation agreements are much more enforceable and often achieve the same goals of the employer.
Under Oregon law, in order for a non-compete to be enforceable, the non-compete must be entered into upon a subsequent bona fide advancement. This means that the no-compete either needs to be entered into either at the start of employment, or with additional consideration, such as a promotion or pay increase.
Since non-solicitation agreements are generally more specific than non-compete agreements, they are more readily enforced by courts. To be enforceable, non-solicitation agreements must abide by certain rules: Valid business reason.
Under the existing Oregon law, non-competition agreements cannot exceed 18 months. The amendments reduce the maximum term to 12 months.
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Non-solicitation clauses that are clear, carefully drafted, and suitably retrained in temporal and spatial terms, are often enforceable.
It is possible to find non-compete loopholes in certain circumstances in order to void a non-compete contract. For instance, if you can prove that you never signed the contract, or if you can demonstrate that the contract is against the public interest, you may be able to void the agreement.
