Sign this agreement not to compete or you're fired! Noncompete agreements and the public policy exception to employment at will

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 103-126

  Garrison, Michael J ^a   Stevens, Charles D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment at will; Noncompete agreement; Public policy exception; Wrongful discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144438464     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024761308024     Document Type: Article

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