Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Hi,

I have a question regarding the contract that I have with my employer. I'm currently working with a consulting company that filed my Green card. When my GC was approved, my employer made me sign a contract of 1 year to stay with them and had $5000 as contract breakage price, if I leave them before 1 year. This August it will be 1 year and I'm getting offer from the client for a full time position. Since the 1 year contract will be complete in Aug anyway, I'm not worried about it. However, the second clause that the contract has is confusing me.

The second clause says I should not join the client/ vendor companies directly until next 2 years. So my questions are:

1. Is it even legal for my employer to make me sign this contract with such clause?

2. Since I have GC already, I do not have dependency with my employer anymore so what are the consequences if I join the client from August 2015?

3. Does CA has the 'at-will' law that allows employees to switch companies at their own will?


Asked on 6/24/15, 3:52 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Nicholas Spirtos Law Offices of Nicholas B. Spirtos

It is nearly impossible for any attorney to answer a question about contractual obligations without seeing the actual document. Take it to a local attorney for review.

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Answered on 6/25/15, 8:21 am


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