Before employers get angry over employees leaving to work for competitors and luring away co-workers and significant business, consider what these employees agreed to in noncompetition covenants. A recently released decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit provides a reminder to government contractors and other cybersecurity companies to keep noncompete language in employee agreements up to date.
Here’s why: After working at RLM Communications, a government contractor handling cybersecurity and information technology, Amy Tuschen quit and went to work for a competitor, eScience & Technology Solutions. Tuschen had worked for the first employer as a trainer at the U.S. Army Leader College of Information Technology at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
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