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Consideration in a Non-Compete Agreement

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In Minnesota, a consideration is important in a non-compete.  If you don’t have adequate and independent consideration the entire agreement is invalid.  So there is really two methods of consideration.  Number one, at the outset of the job and when I mean the outset of the job, I mean, with the offer letter you out to let an employee know that they’ll be required to sign a non-competition agreement.  In that case, the new job constitutes the consideration.  If you want your current employees to sign non-competition agreements, then they have to receive independent adequate consideration.  What’s adequate depends on the employee and how much they make and what would constitute consideration.

And when I say independent, it can’t just be their normal annual bonus or their normal annual increase in salary.

Minneapolis labor and employment law attorney, Dan Kelly, discusses how consideration plays a role in non-compete agreements.

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