Will signing a non-solicitation agreement put me at risk of being sued when I leave my employer?

My employer has given me a "Confidentiality and Non-Solicitation Agreement" that they want me to sign. I hesitate to sign it because if I ever leave the company, although I would not try to steal their clients, they may decide on their own to seek services elsewhere. If they decide to seek services at my new place of employment I am sure that my new employer would not want me to turn away business. The section that concerns me states "During my employment and for a period of twelve months following the conclusion of employment with [company], I will not directly or indirectly solicit, encourage, entice, take away, or initiate a transfer of any participants of [company] to obtain services from a Competitor."

1 answer  |  asked Mar 20, 2016 5:35 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

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Scott Leah
I would need to see the entire agreement to provide you advice on it. However, generally an employer cannot stop a customer from doing business with whomever they want to do business with. They can only stop the former employee from soliciting that business. I would be happy to look at the entire agreement, which I would have to do in order to give you full advice on this and what your options are. Most employers give prospective employees time to have an attorney review documents such as this.

posted by Scott Leah  |  Mar 21, 2016 06:57 AM [EST]

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