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FWIW, to add to the joy, non-competes have been officially banned in Ontario since Oct 25, 2021 (but rejected by the courts for a long time before that. I suspe
by cmrdporcupine 3y ago
FWIW, to add to the joy, non-competes have been officially banned in Ontario since Oct 25, 2021 (but rejected by the courts for a long time before that. I suspect they're not enforceable in other provinces; but officially not allowed in Ontario.)
So that means for all employees in the greater Toronto area. (And Toronto is 4th biggest city in North America just after Chicago).
- remich 3y agoMost non-competes are banned in the third largest city in North America too. Seems like with NYC on board most major employment centers will be covered.
- isk517 3y agoThe textbook I read to study for my provincial Engineering Law and Ethics exam had a section on non-competes. It straight up said the vast majority of non-competes are not enforceable but warned that the more specific the circumstances described by the non-compete the greater the chance that a court would enforce it. The example they used for something that would most likely be enforced was a geologist working for company A doing a mining survey in a area under a 6 month non-compete cause would definitely not legally be allowed to take a job for company B to do a survey in the same area until the non-compete expired.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoI had a recent job offer that included a rather restrictive non-compete. They were actually really good about just dropping it when I pointed out that it's not permissible under Ontario law. It feels good that there's positive progress in this direction.