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Employment contract enforceable
I have currently relocated from another state. I signed an employment contract 12 months and my employer is only expense is a few weeks of training, They are now trying to prevent me from working on the weekends time off elsewhere, with contract provisions of requesting permission to work a second job prior and non-compete but I am not working in the same specialty. How could I argue my position or would I need to file a claim with the states employment labor and industry My job is in healthcare and I make 95k/year
Asked on May 9, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Washington
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Not seeing the contract, we cannot advise whether THIS contract is enforceable, since each contract must be judged on its own terms. For a definitive anwer about your contract, bring it to an attorney to review with you.
We can say that there is nothing inherently unenforceable about an employment contract, and that employers can--even without a contract--ban employees from second or weekend work on pain of termination. There is no law guarantying you the right to work at Job 1 while also working at Job 2: an employer can make it a term or condition of employment that you do not work elsewhere, too.
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