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Because folks without a highschool education can afford to fight a major company in court. /s Sorry about the sarcasm, but this kind of abuse of the contract s

by zbobet2012 9y ago

Because folks without a highschool education can afford to fight a major company in court. /s Sorry about the sarcasm, but this kind of abuse of the contract system needs to be stopped. You can only really invalidate an individual contract (ianal) as I understand it. So the fight would have to happen for _every employee_. While case law makes it cheaper, the reality is most of these folks can't afford to higher a lawyer for a few hours, let alone a few days.

sjg007 9y ago
My guess is that you could get a lawyer to take it on contingency if you were to be sued. The real issue would be the company hiring you.. would they be willing to take the risk.. They actually have no incentive to b/c they probably use non-competes as well!! So it will take an intrepid employee / applicant to make the case that they were not hired due to the non-compete. OR an employer willing to go to bat (which may happen if it's a doctor/lawyer or someone they feel worth going to bat for. And even then I bet people settle which means the law never gets its mettle tested.