Washington Employee Noncompetition and Conflict of Interest Agreement

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US-AHI-052
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This AHI form is an agreement regarding non-compete and conflict of interest. The agreement states that the employee must wait a certain period of time after expiration/termination before they can directly or indirectly work with a competing company.

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Non-solicitation clauses that are clear, carefully drafted, and suitably retrained in temporal and spatial terms, are often enforceable. An appropriate clause will serve the purpose of protecting the employer without unduly compromising a person's ability to work in their industry.

Under the new law, employers will only be able to enforce noncompetition covenants against an employee if the employee earns more than $100,000 in a year, or in the case of an independent contractor, if the contractor earns more than $250,000 in a year (these amounts will be adjusted annually for inflation).

Non-Solicitation of Clients Clauses. Clauses prohibiting the solicitation of a company's clients are legal and enforceable in Washington state. These are usually part of a non-competition clause written into an employment contract.

California courts have already determined that non-disclosure and client/customer non-solicitation agreements are not valid or enforceable.

What Makes a Contract Void?The object of the agreement is illegal or against public policy (unlawful consideration or subject matter)The terms of the agreement are impossible to fulfill or too vague to understand.There was a lack of consideration.Fraud (namely false representation of facts) has been committed.

An employment contract can be void when there are changes in laws that affect the contract, and the company did not update the contract before it was signed and agreed upon by both parties. Meanwhile, a voidable employment contract is a formal contract that starts off as valid but becomes unenforceable later on.

Your contract of employment may be broken if you or your employer does not comply with a term in your contract this is commonly known as a breach of contract. For example, if your employer fails to pay you your wages or to pay you for your notice period.

Regardless of income, a non-compete is now void and unenforceable under RCW 49.62 unless the employer gives the employee written notice of the terms of the non-compete before the employee accepts the offer of employment.

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.

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Washington Employee Noncompetition and Conflict of Interest Agreement