My son was asked to sign a non-compete agreement for a company he has an non-paying internship with this summer. It's a company that does business in his area of study. Its purpose is to restrict him from working for any similar business in the entire continental United states for one year after his internship is up.
Besides the fact it is unenforceable, because there is no consideration and it is over broad (business law 101), I find it ridiculous that a business that not only is not paying you and that offers you no loyalty, wants you to be loyal to it. In essence, for a summer's worth of slavery it wants you to agree to be unemployed for a year thereafter.
Yes, I know he may get some great experience, but show some decency American Business and make the non-compete both legal and fair by restricting its application geographically to Utah and contingent upon you making an offer of employment after the internship.
(It also is unenforceable because my son will most likely not be in a position in which he is building good will for the company or learning its trade secrets).
Loren M. Lambert © April 30, 2013
Besides the fact it is unenforceable, because there is no consideration and it is over broad (business law 101), I find it ridiculous that a business that not only is not paying you and that offers you no loyalty, wants you to be loyal to it. In essence, for a summer's worth of slavery it wants you to agree to be unemployed for a year thereafter.
Yes, I know he may get some great experience, but show some decency American Business and make the non-compete both legal and fair by restricting its application geographically to Utah and contingent upon you making an offer of employment after the internship.
(It also is unenforceable because my son will most likely not be in a position in which he is building good will for the company or learning its trade secrets).
Loren M. Lambert © April 30, 2013
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