Restrictive Covenant Advice

In essence, an effective restrictive covenant restricts the actions your employees can take when they leave your employment. There are various options, ranging from non-solicitation clauses, which prevent ex-employees from proactively contacting defined customers, to non-compete restrictions, which prevent former employees from working in a particular industry in competition with their ex-employer.

Employers can only enforce these restrictive covenants if they can show they are in place to protect a specific and legitimate business interest and that, crucially, the restrictions go no further than is necessary to protect that interest.