Tom Wolper, to Steve Timko: > > Non-competes are typically for six months or a year. What's-his-face >> had two years. Someone can be locked into a contract for three to five >> years if there is no key man clause. >> > > So a person takes a job in TV news. Her contract includes a non-compete > clause so that she can't be lured away to work immediately for a > competitor. If she resigns or gets laid off she has to wait out the > non-compete term or go to another market. If there is a key man clause, > does the non-compete clause stay in force? If it turns out that the key man > does something criminal and gets fired, is our employee stuck working at > her station in order not to trigger a non-compete situation? >
Sorry to throw the candidate into this, but I think key man trumps non-compete. We'll know soon, when puzzled fans write to their favorite crix wondering where the departed Fox-ers are. Still, the NY Times <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/technology/to-compete-better-states-are-trying-to-curb-noncompete-pacts.html?_r=0> (link) a couple months ago noted how states are starting to step in to outlaw non-competes... Calif. squashed 'em quite a while ago, but the piece had no clues from its home state... B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
