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Noncompete clauses are designed to prevent you from leaving your job for a competitor's company. For many employees, they also prevent you from telling a new company any valuable information that was used at your old job.
While noncompete agreements generally apply to managers and other employees who have information that could exploit a business's inside information, many employment contracts now apply the same rules to low-wage employees. The Huffington Post recently pointed out that for certain sandwich chain's like Jimmy John's, this means that an employee cannot work at another sandwich competitor for two years following employment.
Employees are often required to sign the agreement as a condition of employment. This limits the places a worker can earn money after low-wage employment. While the noncompetition agreement is rarely enforced, it's not unheard of.
Read more about noncompete clauses and the current class action lawsuit in the NY Times.
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