What to do if a prospective employer wants to get my employment contract and non-disclosure agreement from my current employer in order to check its non-compete clause and potential liability?
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What to do if a prospective employer wants to get my employment contract and non-disclosure agreement from my current employer in order to check its non-compete clause and potential liability?
I already shared relevant paragraphs but now they want the whole documents, which I am not comfortable sharing since I wonder whether this would be allowed by current company or actually a breach of confidential /proprietary IP i.e. their contract practices.
Asked on October 19, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
You may share a contract to which you are a party unless you signed something including that same contract which has a clause or provision stating that the company's contracts generally, or this contract specifically, is confidential. You may wish to redact "white out" any information in the agreement other than relating to your employability.
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