Question

Harold works as head chef at the Italian Olive Restaurant in Macon, Georgia. When the management of the restaurant changed, Harold was asked to sign a non-compete agreement to keep his job. The non-compete agreement required Harold not to work as a chef for any other restaurant or open his own restaurant in the United States for the next 15 years if he decided to quit his job at the Italian Olive. A court would likely determine that this non-compete agreement:

Answer 1

Answer:

violates common law

Explanation:

A non compete is an agreement that restricts a previous employee from working for a competitor of his former company for a given period after disengagement.

This is a contract that aims to reduce to the rate at which company secrets are shared to competitors.

The rationale is that the employee's knowledge of the company's procedures will be obsolete after some years.

However non compete should not last for a very long time. Usually non compete of more than two to three years is not honoured by courts.

So in the given scenario where Harold the head chef at the Italian Olive Restaurant signed a non compete which restricts him from opening a restaurant for the next 15 years. The court will most likely not honour the non compete because the amount of time is not reasonable.