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You can't bar moonlighting in a work agreement in the US.
by carterschonwald 13y ago
You can't bar moonlighting in a work agreement in the US.
- Daniel_Newby 13y agoYou cannot bar quitting in the U.S. You can bar multiple employers.
- ig1 13y agoIt doesn't stop things like IP ownership clauses which cover all work you do (including work outside of work hours). It's the reason major open source projects require a waiver from your employer if you're contributing substantial code even if you're doing it in your spare time.
- munin 13y agoAIUI, both legally and practically, you can! Legally: a lot of graduate student employment contracts bar any other paid employment with clauses like your graduate student tuition deferment being lifted if it is discovered that you have a side job. Practically: So, you moonlight for a competitor for a week and if your boss finds out that you added a shipping feature into someone elses product, and you didn't get the job..?
- carterschonwald 13y agothose aren't legal statutes, those are contracts. Just because a contract says something doesn't mean its enforceable. Many grad students moonlight with consulting work in computer science and other technical disciplines.
- munin 13y agothe law being on your side is a cold comfort when you're fired!