Legal Question in Employment Law in Illinois

I am voluntarily changing jobs, and my current employer has requested that I sign a "Termination Certification" document on my last day. Within that document are 4 paragraphs stating:
1. That I have returned all my equipment
2. That I have complied with the company's proprietary information and inventions agreement (signed when hired)
3. That I will continue to preserve as confidential all aspects of the proprietary information and inventions agreement going forward
4. That for 24 months from the date of termination I will not solicit employees and will not use confidential information to negatively influence clients from purchasing products from competitors.
Why would I sign this doc upon termination? I did not have to sign a non-solicitation or non-compete document upon hire, so regardless of my good intentions I see no reason to sign a document now. They are not withholding any money as a bribe to justify signing it either. Is there any reason I should consider signing any form of this "Termination Certification?"

Asked on 5/20/15, 12:12 pm

Betty Tsamis Tsamis Law Firm PC

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if you have voluntarily resigned and your employer is not offering you adequate payment for signing such an agreement, you should not sign it.

Answered on 5/20/15, 12:14 pm

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