after working for a cleaning company now for three years,my boss is making me sign a contract forbidding me from working outside the company,and if i quit i cannot contact customers for two years. If I do not sign it, I will be fired.
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after working for a cleaning company now for three years,my boss is making me sign a contract forbidding me from working outside the company,and if i quit i cannot contact customers for two years. If I do not sign it, I will be fired.
Can she make me sign a contract after three years of working for her? I am not comfortable signing this at all. We were told too that she is letting the payroll company go that does the payroll and a co worker is going to do it now. We will not be getting a paycheck for the month of January for change over from professional company to her employee.
Asked on November 8, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Michigan
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Yes, this is legal: unless you already have an in-effect (e.g. not expired) written employment contract, in which case the employer can't make you sign a new one until the current one terminates or expires), your employer may make you sign an employment contract at *any* time and terminate you (or do anything less than termination: e.g. demote suspend, reduce hours, etc.)if you do not. And a non-solicitation agreement (don't contact her customers) for 2 years is a legal, enforceable agreement.
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