Employee Non-Solicitation Agreement

Purpose

• Nonsolicitation agreements prohibit former employees from trying to get other employees to leave the company in order to join them with the new employer. Former clients and colleagues usually sign these agreements, but suppliers and vendors may be asked to sign, as well.
  
  

Restrictions

• Nonsolicitation agreements are generally enforced only within reason. The agreement may ask for no social communication at all between current and former employees, but this is difficult to enforce. Agreements that could cripple a former employee's ability to do business (asking them to avoid contact with clients, for instance) are rarely enforced, as they restrict trade.
  
  

Scope

• Employee nonsolicitation agreements are good for a specific amount of time in a specific geographical area. The agreements become harder to enforce as the time and geographical restrictions become larger.