Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia
Legality of a written agreement
I teach piano for a living. When I began, 18 months ago, I worked for a service that connects teachers and students. The service takes a ''cut'' of the fee for each lesson. At that time, I signed an agreement with the owner of the service in which I agreed not to take clients from the service. There was no time limit placed on the agreement, nor were there any witnesses to it. Is it likely a binding agreement? I am still teaching 4 clients through this service, and the owner does nothing but take his cut each month. Will this have to go on forever? What are my rights if I resign the service? Can I then take on the same clients as my own?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Legality of a written agreement
There are a number of issues in your posting. I would need to review the contract to give you a complete answer, but I can tell you that doing nothing but connecting teachers and pupils and collecting for it is perfectly legal. However, the non-solicitation provision sounds unenforceable due to the unlimited length of time.
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