If you have worked in sales or technology, odds are that you have probably signed a noncompetition agreement, an agreement that restricts your ability to leave your position and work for a competitor of your employer. If you run a startup yourself, odds are that you have asked your employees to sign a noncompetition agreement. In Massachusetts, these kinds of agreements are enforceable (within limitations). In California, however, they are not.
There have been a few bills introduced into the Massachusetts legislature that have tried in various ways to limit (and even eliminate) noncompetition agreements. So far, those bills have all died. Once again, this year Senator William Brownsberger and Representative Lori Ehrlich have introduced a bill in the Massachusetts legislature in order to place some restrictions on the enforcement of noncompetition agreements in Massachusetts.
To read the original article: Noncompetition Reform – Is it Essential to the Massachusetts Innovation Economy? | BostInno
