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I know first hand of a few cases of non competes working (in France), and they all involved the ex-employer paying substantial amounts of money for the time the
by glandium 12y ago
I know first hand of a few cases of non competes working (in France), and they all involved the ex-employer paying substantial amounts of money for the time the ex-employee was prevented from working for the competition.
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- justincormack 12y agoContinuing to pay someone while they don't work is legal, and it is not a non compete. But you don;t have to take that option necessarily.
- amirmc 12y agoAlso known as garden leave. You're basically still 'employed' but you're kept out of the office with all access revoked. It's to put some distance between any time sensitive info from one job before you move onto the next. In the UK, I think the banks do this for three months. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave
- danielweber 12y agoFrom discussions on HN, this is also common in the US finance sector.
- tluyben2 12y agoYes, which is a workaround as people get paid. If they didn't get paid it wouldn't work. As said; they are actually still employed but not working anymore.
- izacus 12y agoYep, it's same here in Slovenia: The original employer must continue to pay a "significant" part of employees pay as long as non-compete is in effect and has to state clearly that they will do so in 14 days after the employee has left the company. Otherwise the non-compete is void.