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Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by liotier on Thursday November 13, 2014 @05:51AM (#8600855)
In France, a noncompete clause is only enforceable if the contract provides adequate specific compensation for it... Often it doesn't and ends up unenforceable.
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Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by masklinn on Thursday November 13, 2014 @06:00AM (#8600886)
Germany also requires a comp' (a significant fraction of gross), FWIW. And has a hard-limit to 2 years, and a number of restrictions. Much like France.
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Re:Letter to Amazon Board from Fired Ad Exec by xxs on Thursday November 13, 2014 @08:56AM (#8601477)
I believe an exemption would be a board member. Other than that non-compete can be enforced only if the employer provides hefty compensation.

I think it's pretty much harmonized across the entire EU.

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