You can certainly pay them the duration of the noncompete at their prevailing wage. In fact, this already exists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave ht

You can certainly pay them the duration of the noncompete at their prevailing wage. In fact, this already exists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave It really should be required of all noncompetes.