哪些情况会导致竞业限制协议无效？-竞业限制知识大全|极兔竞调
哪些情况会导致竞业限制协议无效？
竞业限制协议需要满足三个要求才具有法律效力：
1）必须严格保护雇主的合法商业利益；
2）不得无理阻碍前雇员谋生的能力；并且
3)不能违反弗吉尼亚州的公共政策。
对于第一个要求，您的竞业限制条款应该足够狭窄以保护您的业务并且避免过于宽泛。
就期限而言，弗吉尼亚州的就业竞业限制协议通常为 12 个月。除非是为了企业出售，否则不得超过 2 年，在这种情况下，
期限可以延长至 5 年。
您还需要将竞业限制的范围限制在员工为您的公司所扮演的角色类型内，仅此而已，否则它将过于宽泛并且可能无法在法庭上执行。
例如，如果竞业限制条款禁止员工以任何身份为竞争对手工作，那么在法庭上很难为其辩护，而且很可能无法满足第一项要求，即限
制必须严格地保护你的业务。
对于第二项要求，竞业限制协议不能不合理地阻止员工谋生。雇主应谨慎对待竞业限制协议的地理范围，并且只将其应用于员工工作
所在的地理区域，否则可能会不合理地阻止员工在其他地方工作。
最后，竞业限制协议不能违反公共政策。违反公共政策的竞业限制协议的一个例子是将员工错误地归类为独立承包商。参见 Reading
& Lang. Learning Ctr. v. Sturgill , 94 Va. Cir. 94, 2016 WL 10880215 at *10-13 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2016 年 8 月 4 日)（竞业限制协议违
反了公共政策，因为雇主将员工错误地归类为独立承包商）。
What situations can render a non compete agreement invalid?
A non compete agreement needs to meet three requirements in order to have legal effect:
1) Employers' legitimate business interests must be strictly protected;
2) Shall not unreasonably hinder the ability of former employees to make a living; also
3) Cannot violate Virginia's public policy.
For the first requirement, your non compete clause should be narrow enough to protect your business and avoid being too broad.
In terms of duration, employment non compete agreements in Virginia typically last for 12 months. Unless it is for the sale of the enterprise, the term cannot exceed 2 years, in which case the term can be extended to 5 years.
You also need to limit the scope of non compete restrictions to the types of roles that employees play for your company, that's all, otherwise it will be too broad and may not be enforceable in court.
For example, if a non compete clause prohibits employees from working for competitors in any capacity, it will be difficult to defend them in court and may not meet the first requirement, which is that the restriction must strictly protect your business.
For the second requirement, non compete agreements cannot unreasonably prevent employees from making a living. Employers should be cautious about the geographical scope of non compete agreements and only apply them to the geographical area where employees work, otherwise it may unreasonably prevent employees from working elsewhere.
Finally, non compete agreements cannot violate public policy. An example of a non compete agreement that violates public policy is incorrectly categorizing employees as independent contractors. Refer to Reading&Lang. Learning Ctrl v. Sturgill, 94 Va. Cir. 94, 2016 WL 10880215 at * 10-13 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. August 4, 2016) (Non compete agreements violate public policy as employers mistakenly classify employees as independent contractors).
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