Labor/Employment
Nov. 29, 2023
How far do California’s new non-compete laws reach?
California’s new statutes on restrictive covenants create thorny issues for employers trying to determine who is actually covered.
Walter C. Pfeffer
Shareholder at the world's largest employment law firm representing management
Littler Mendelson P.C.
Email: wpfeffer@littler.com
Senate Bill 699 created the new Business and Professions Code Section 16600.5, which provides that California's bar on restrictive covenants applies "regardless of where and when the contract was signed" and "regardless of whether the contract was signed and the employment was maintained outside of California." But while this new law will likely expand the reach of the original Section 16600 (the 150-year-old source of California's law on restrictive covenants), the ...
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