A contract can already account for training costs if an employee leaves - simply have a clause indicating a charge to the employee for the company's cost of tra

A contract can already account for training costs if an employee leaves - simply have a clause indicating a charge to the employee for the company's cost of training them if they leave before [date when training is paid for by employment]. This is actually very common in US employment contracts, and supported by case law in many states, including CA: http://www.thelelawblog.com/2016/02/articles/new-legislation-and-regulations/employers-can-demand-departing-employees-repay-training-costs/ http://www.thelelawblog.com/2016/02/articles/new-legislation... I don't see how non-competes are a desirable alternative, because they're orthogonal to the training costs problem.