Legal Question in Employment Law in Illinois
I live in Illinois as an insurance agent. I have been presented with a non-compete agreement in order to do business with an outside broker as I did last year. Our job was to sell disability insurance to medical residents at one specific school in Chicago. Part of the agrrement from last year was a 2 year non-compete at that specific school. The new agreement for this year would restrict me from soliciting or making sales to any medical school in the entire state of Illinois for 2 years. Would an agrrement such as that be considered unreasonable in the state of Illinois? Any suggestions?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Time and distance restrictions may or may not be unreasonable, depending on all of the circumstances. There are not enough facts presented to enable any more detailed of an answer. However, it seems to me that restrictions on an insurance agent that eliminate an entire state would be unreasonable since your license is limited to one state(assuming that you do not have a license in another state). and the, My suggestion is that you see a lawyer in person.
A geographic restriction for the entire state of Illinois will likely be deemed unreasonable. Such an agreement completely prevents you from working. We often assist employees in negotiating and structuring t hese agreements.
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