Question

how is the following point addressed in Johnson & Johnson organization
Restrictive covenants such as non-competition, non-solicitation provision in business law

Answer 1

There are four basic types of restrictive covenants. A non-competition provision prohibits a former employee from competing against his or her former employer within a particular geographic area for a specified period of time. These are considered the most restrictive. A non-solicitation provision prohibits a former employee from soliciting its former employer's current, prior or prospective customers for a specified period of time. An "anti-raiding" provision prohibits a former employee from soliciting the former employer's employees, for example, to work at a competing business. A confidentiality agreement prevents a former employee from disclosing or using the proprietary or confidential information of his or her former employer, or that of its employer's customers. The information at issue need not constitute a "trade secret" per se; it must simply be confidential and not publicly available. A fifth, termed a "garden leave provision," is a relatively new import to the United States from the United Kingdom and other European countries. This provision requires an employee to give notice of his or her future departure. For a specified period, the employee remains employed, though he or she performs little to no work.