Question

Rachael James just took a job with IKEA. As part of her employment agreement, IKEA required Rachael to sign an agreement, which states that if she leaves IKEA, she will not work for a firm that competes against IKEA for at least two years. The agreement that Rachael signed is called a:_______.
a) non-disclosure agreement.
b) non-participate agreement.
c) non-challenge agreement.
d) non-compete agreement.
e) non-contend agreement.

Answer 1

Answer: (D) Non-compete agreement

Explanation:

  The non- compete agreement is one of the type of contract in which the an employee are preventing and also discourage them for not leaving the position in an organization due to the competition.

The main objective of this agreement is is avoid the utilization of the confidential information or data by another firm through employee of that company.

According to the given question, the Rachael signed the Non-compete agreement as it is one of the employment agreement that if she leaving the IKEA organization for any reason then she will not be able to work with the company that is competes against the IKEA organization for the two years.  

  Therefore, Option (D) is correct answer.