Articles Posted in Employment Contracts

If you ever signed an employment agreement that required you to repay training costs, a sign-on bonus, or relocation expenses when you left a job, you were locked into what California now considers an unlawful restraint on your career. Assembly Bill 692, which took effect on January 1, 2026, prohibits most of these “stay-or-pay” provisions…

Public policy in the United States generally favors unimpeded competition. For workers, that translates to a basic freedom to pursue the livelihood of their choice. However, companies frequently try to keep their employees and independent contractors from working for competitors. Noncompete agreements are required by nearly half of all American companies as a condition of…