Pennsylvania Questions and Answers about Non-competition
does non-compete apply if I end contract before 1st day of work?
I signed a contract with a medical practice, but I do not start working for them till the end of the year. I have since changed my mind and do not want to work for them. Does their non-compete still a...
2 answers | asked Aug 13, 2008 1:23 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Sub-Contractor to Sub-Contrator switch
I signed a non-compete at the time of hire. I am currently a sub-contractor and would like to switch to another sub-contractor under a big contract with multiple sub-contractors. I was wondering if yo...
1 answer | asked Jun 17, 2008 3:31 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
non compete questions
I am an Ad Specialties Rep for a very small firm in PA. This firm operates nation wide but in a small very specialized market.The Ad Specialties industry is huge and involves over 500,000 products. Is...
1 answer | asked May 20, 2008 11:50 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
did not know of non-compete until first day of work
I went to work for a company with a salry agreed upon with no mention of any typoe of contract or non-compete. The first day I show up and a contract is put in front of me to sign. In it is a non-comp...
1 answer | asked May 8, 2008 05:44 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
issue with non compete agreement
I'm a H1B S/W consultant. My H1B holding company is based in NJ. My company sent me to the client based in PA by subcontracting with middle vendor(prefered vendor). After about an yr, my H1B holding c...
1 answer | asked Apr 24, 2008 7:11 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Forcing a non-compete
Hello, I currently work for a Technical Staffing Firm which I joined in February 2004. At the time I started with them I signed a one-page non-compete. Just last week (April 2008, 4 years later) I hav...
1 answer | asked Apr 24, 2008 2:46 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Non-compete/Restricted Activities
Question on non-compete statement below: I am working for company AAA, subcontracted to company BBB, which place me at a state government project. The state government has offered me a job, matching m...
1 answer | asked Feb 25, 2008 1:51 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
changed non-compete contract. Still valid?
I signed a non-compete contract in exchange for a 4% commission to be paid for me selling a former customer after I quit my job. After 5 months they told me they could only afford 3%. I took it for 2 ...
1 answer | asked Feb 21, 2008 1:35 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
No-hire provision; not a non-compete situation.
Hello, I have read through many of your Non-compete questions, but my question is a bit different.I have been working for a Contract Research Organization in the pharmaceutical industrey for about a y...
1 answer | asked Feb 12, 2008 4:55 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Merger/Buyout/Spin-Off: Is a non-compete transferable? Assignable?
I live in Philadelphia & work in a satellite office of my (New Jersey-based) employer. I signed a non-compete when I was hired. My company has 2 different divisions: market research and sales force ef...
1 answer | asked Nov 20, 2007 4:47 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania