One of the FEW advantages California has

[tailfins]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careerandeducation/how-companies-kill-their-employees-job-searches/ar-BB9ACEe

[gabosaurus]

That has been a nationwide industry standard for a great many years. It has nothing to do with California.

[SassyLady]

I think any company that requires their new employees to sign a non-compete contract should also be required to NOT hire anyone that has worked in their industry for the last two years. This would make it a fair exchange in that they are also not hiring someone with trade secrets that just happened to come from a competing company that did not required a contract.

[aboutime]

One of the greatest, or best advantages California has is...that those who stay in California do not CONTAMINATE the rest of the nation with the Liberalist Agenda of Ignorance.

[tailfins]

Georgia was even better than California until 2012 in that the employee could collect damages for restraint of trade if given a non-compete to sign. The small claims limit is GA is $15K. I had a former employer in suburban Atlanta remind me of a non-compete. I sent them a copy of my $15K claim before filing it, giving them 48 hours to cancel the non-compete. They complied.

I find the things below to be quite interesting:


The new RCA represents a dramatic change from the old Georgia common law, which was not favorable to employers attempting to enforce restrictive covenants against former employees. Among other changes, the new RCA:

http://www.fisherbroyles.com/new-georgia-non-compete-law-finally-passed/