<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 4:15 PM, JD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 05/22/2013 01:38 PM, leam hall wrote:<br>
> They have control of your off hours work? Obviously saying anything negative or<br>
> sharing corporate information is a no-no; but I didn't think any corporation<br>
> could control your off hours time.<br>
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</div>Employers have been having employees sign agreements for years that may or may<br>
not be legal in any specific jurisdiction. Laws in GA changed in the last year<br>
to make employers have more say than employees thanks to uninformed voters (IMHO).<br>
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Whether any company will fire someone over release of general information or not<br>
is something each person will need to decide. </blockquote><div><br></div><div style>I see these two aspects of work as fundamentally different. In the first case, an employer does not need an agreement to fire an employee. The employer can fire an employee for no reason whatsoever and is usually better off than if they give a reason. In the second case, a former employer can prevent someone from trying to earn an honest living. Yes, that is the law in Georgia made stronger last year. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I was recently presented with a non-compete agreement to sign along with a number of other key employees. My approach was to amend the agreement to exclude customers and skills I had before joining. My approach did not work because some of the others were more straightforward and had the company withdraw request completely.</div>
<div style>...John</div></div></div></div>