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As an independent contractor, can the owner sue you if you leave business and put in contract that you cannot work within 5 miles of business? Especially if this is your only source of income?
Asked on October 19, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Yes, if you signed a contract with that provision in it, preventing you from working in a five-mile radius, you can be held to it: a non-competition agreement or provision like that is fully enforceable against an independent contractor, and you are held to what you signed and agreed to.
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