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What Employers and Employees Need to Know About Restrictive Covenants? 1 Credit

Feb 03, 2025, 01:00 PM ET

What Employers and Employees Need to Know About Restrictive Covenants? 1 Credit

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Feb 03, 2025, 01:00 PM ET

Learning Objective

  • To discuss how to evaluate a restrictive covenant, including a non-compete agreement, before accepting a job offer or before signing a new agreement with your existing employer. 
  • To analyze the key types of restrictive covenants, more than just non-compete agreements, that can affect your ability to earn a living or change jobs in the future. 
  • To explain how to evaluate your options when you have a restrictive covenant agreement and want to change jobs.
  • To analyze what types of non-compete provisions and other restrictions you can enforce as an employer or business owner.
  • To inspect and learn as an employer or business owner what you need to ask prospective employees about any restrictive covenants they signed that could affect their ability to work for your business.
  • To discuss trends in the law disfavoring restrictive covenants and what to expect in the future.

Course Overview

Embark on an insightful journey through the intricacies of restrictive covenants with our online webinar. When we're offered a job, we often overlook the restrictive covenants that might impact our future job changes. These covenants can surface as conditions for new employment or can be presented to existing employees and independent contractors. The widely known Non-Compete Agreement limits departing workers from pursuing jobs in similar industries to their current roles, affecting their career mobility. However, not all agreements are enforceable or even legal, potentially creating issues for employers proposing these limitations.

These covenants span various categories like confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation of customers and employees, and non-disparagement. They usually bind workers from engaging in specific businesses within defined geographical areas for extended periods, influencing their career options significantly. Assessing enforceability, jurisdiction, and repercussions becomes crucial before binding oneself or accepting certain job roles, and understanding the limitations they impose on livelihoods.

For employers and business owners, understanding the implications of restrictive covenants is paramount to avoid legal entanglements. Ensuring compliance and evaluating the enforceability of such covenants, whether at the hiring stage or upon an employee's departure, becomes vital. Employers need to navigate whether potential hires are bound by such restrictions that might be violated by joining the company. Awareness of rights and responsibilities is key to sidestep legal battles and their consequential fallout.

Major Topics Covered:

  • The obligations of employees and employers to clients and customers when employees leave 
  • The obligations of employees and employers to each other when joining or leaving employment
  • How to keep appropriate records to show that you complied with your obligations as an employee or an employer.
  • How it relates to non-compete agreements and other restrictive covenants as an employee and as an employer.
  • How to transition from one job to another without burning bridges on either side.
  • How to avoid and resolve disputes and reduce legal risk when an employee is hired or leaves.

This CPE Business Law Course serves as a comprehensive guide for employers and employees alike, unraveling the complexities of restrictive covenants, and empowering both parties with the knowledge needed to navigate these agreements effectively and responsibly.

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Business Law for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Business Law for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Business Law for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
License details Credits Status
Business Law for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 1 CPE Approved
Business Acumen for SHRM Professionals (Approval No. 26-PHAFW) (Valid upto : Dec 31, 2026) 1 PDC Approved
HR (General) for Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) (Approval No. 687673) (Valid upto : Nov 30, 2025) 1 RCH Approved
Business Law for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Business Law for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Business Law for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible

Additional Information

Credit

1

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study
Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

None

Advance Preparation

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About Instructor

Francine Griesing
Francine Griesing

Founder, Griesing Law, LLC

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Francine Friedman Griesing is the founder of Griesing Law, LLC, is a full-service women-owned and operated law firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with satellite offices in Arizona, New, Jersey, New York, and Ohio. She is a strategic advisor to executives and general counsel at the country’s largest institutions with 40 years of experience representing clients in business transactions, commercial litigation, employment matters, and alternate dispute resolution. She serves as an arbitrator and mediator, primarily in employment and business disputes and has extensive experience conducting proceedings remotely.

Fran is a highly sought speaker and writer and has received recognition for her accomplishments as both an attorney and an entrepreneur. She was recognized by Francine Griesing was chosen by The Philadelphia Inquirer as a Lifetime Achiever for the Law (2018) and Diversity and Inclusion (2019). Fran was also shortlisted as Diversity & Inclusion Lawyer of the Year (2020) and the Firm was shortlisted as Outstanding Firm for Furthering Diversity & Inclusion by Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards North America (2020-2021). The Philadelphia Business Journal also recognized Fran as one of the region’s Most Admired CEOs for her protecting her team and managing the Firm during the pandemic. In addition, the Firm received the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s H. Robert Fiebach Award (2021), which recognizes Pennsylvania law firms that have implemented initiatives to help women attorneys advance their careers. Furthermore, the Firm was awarded by in-house counsel as the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms’ Law Firm MVP (2013) and as SmartCEO’s Philadelphia Law Firm of the Year (2014).


Fran is an honors graduate of Binghamton University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School and is admitted to practice in Arizona, New York and Pennsylvania.

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Michael Magee, CPA (US)
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Really enjoyed the presentation, learned a lot. It started out a little all over the place but got on track quickly. It is a must watch for any employee and employer.

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Good basic overview.

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