Illinois Enacts Sweeping Reforms to Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Agreements - What All Employers Need To Know
By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/21
The Illinois General Assembly has enacted sweeping changes to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act, 820 ILCS § 90, et seq. (the “Act”), which will limit the use of covenants not to compete (“non-competes”) and covenants not to solicit (“non-solicits”) in employment agreements to employees earning more than certain compensation thresholds established by the amendments to the Act. The amendments to the Act also impose certain additional procedural requirements on employers utilizing non-competes and...
By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner