Ontario bans non-competes and creates right to disconnect from work
PSA: In a lot of country, non-competes agreement are illegal, at least in the form they usually take. In many jurisdiction,  non-compete will only apply when specific condition are met. For example, in France[0], all non-compete have to have :<p>- a "reasonable" time limit<p>- a specific geographic region (i.e: only in France, U.E, etc...) -> this is very often omitted, and "the whole world" is not valid.<p>- The non-competition has to be for <i>a specific activity</i>. This is often not understood and instead you find something like "not work for our competitor" or "not work for a company in this field". This is not specific enough and will be thrown out in court.<p>- There <i>has</i> to be a financial compensation.<p>Despite this, almost all the company that I worked for in France had non-applicable non-competes agreement in their contract. None of them offered a financial compensation and none had a specific region.<p>As far as I know, this is not a France-only thing, and non-competes creeps in almost any employment contract in the world, especially in the tech field. Learn your rights.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1910" rel="nofollow">https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1910</a>