# Employee Restrictive Covenant Agreement

## Cover Terms

The terms below are incorporated into and form part of this agreement.

Employer
: {employer_name}

Employee
: {employee_name}

Employee Title / Position
: {employee_title}

Effective Date
: {effective_date}

Governing Law
: {governing_law}

Confidentiality

Trade Secrets Duration
: {confidentiality_trade_secret_duration}

Other Confidential Information Duration
: {confidentiality_other_duration}

Employee Non-Solicitation

Duration
: {employee_nonsolicit_duration}

Customer Non-Solicitation

Duration
: {customer_nonsolicit_duration}

No Business with Covered Customers

Duration
: {nondealing_duration}

Non-Investment

Duration
: {noninvestment_duration}

Non-Disparagement

Duration
: {nondisparagement_duration}

## Standard Terms

### Defined Terms

[[Competitive Business]] means the business activities described in Cover Terms under Competitive Business.

[[Confidential Information]] means non-public information relating to Employer's business, including trade secrets, customer lists, pricing, business processes, technical data, and strategic plans, but excluding information that becomes public through no fault of Employee.

[[Covered Customers]] means customers and prospective customers that Employee solicited, produced, or serviced, directly or indirectly, or about whom Employee had confidential business or proprietary information or trade secrets, in the course of Employee's relationship with the customer during the 12 months before termination of employment.

[[Covered Employees]] means employees with whom Employee worked or whom Employee managed during the 12 months before termination of employment.

[[Passive Public Holdings]] means ownership of securities of a publicly traded company representing less than {passive_public_holdings_threshold} of any class of such company's securities, and interests in diversified mutual funds, index funds, and exchange-traded funds that may hold securities of a Competitive Business.

[[Protected Interests]] means Employer's Confidential Information, trade secrets, goodwill in its customer, vendor, and business-partner relationships, and, for a professional practice, referral sources, but not Employer's interest in avoiding ordinary competition.

[[Restricted Period]] means the duration specified in Cover Terms for each covenant, beginning on the date Employee's employment with Employer ends for any reason.

[[Restricted Territory]] means the geographic area described in Cover Terms under Restricted Territory.

[[Solicit]] means to solicit, recruit, induce, persuade, encourage, direct, or otherwise interfere with, directly or indirectly, a person or entity, but does not include responding to general advertisements or unsolicited inquiries not initiated by Employee.

[[Trade Secrets]] has the meaning given in the Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Act, K.S.A. 60-3320(4).

### Recitals and Protectable Interests

Employer and Employee acknowledge that each restrictive covenant in this agreement protects one or more of Employer's Protected Interests and is reasonable in time, territory, and scope. Employer would not provide Employee with access to its Confidential Information, trade secrets, customer goodwill, and referral sources absent the protections in this agreement.

### Timing, Consideration, and Employee Acknowledgements

In consideration of Employee's employment or continued employment, the parties agree to the terms of this agreement. Employee acknowledges having had the opportunity to consult with independent legal counsel before signing this agreement. Employee acknowledges that the restrictions in this agreement are reasonable and necessary to protect Employer's Protected Interests. This agreement is effective as of the Effective Date listed in Cover Terms.

### Confidential Information and Trade Secret Protection

Employee must treat all Confidential Information as strictly confidential. Employee must not use or disclose Confidential Information except as required to perform authorized job duties or with Employer's prior written consent. Employee's obligations regarding trade secrets continue in perpetuity, for as long as the information remains a trade secret. Employee's obligations regarding other Confidential Information, including customer lists, pricing, and confidential know-how, continue for the period specified in Cover Terms. This obligation does not restrict Employee's use of the general knowledge, skill, and experience Employee acquired during employment.

### Permitted Disclosures and Protected Conduct

Nothing in this agreement prohibits Employee from: (a) reporting possible violations of law to any government agency, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or any other federal, state, or local agency; (b) making disclosures protected under whistleblower provisions of any law; (c) discussing wages, hours, or other terms and conditions of employment as protected by applicable law, including Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. § 157); (d) testifying truthfully in legal proceedings; or (e) filing a sealed complaint in court using Confidential Information without liability. Pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. § 1833(b)), Employee may not be held criminally or civilly liable for disclosing a trade secret in confidence to a government official or attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or in a sealed court filing.

### Return, Deletion, and Certification of Company Property

Upon termination of employment, Employee must promptly return to Employer all documents, devices, files, credentials, and other materials containing or relating to Confidential Information. Where permitted, Employee must permanently delete electronic copies of Confidential Information from personal devices and accounts. Employee must certify compliance with this section in writing upon Employer's request.

### Non-Solicitation of Employees

During the Restricted Period, Employee must not Solicit, recruit, hire, or attempt to hire any Covered Employee. This restriction does not prohibit Employee from providing a professional reference upon request or from hiring a person who responds to a general advertisement not directed specifically at Employer's employees.

### Non-Solicitation of Customers

During the Restricted Period, Employee must not Solicit the business of any Covered Customer, including any reduction, termination, acceptance, or transfer of any Covered Customer's business, in whole or in part, for the purpose of providing any product or service that is competitive with those provided by Employer.

### No Business with Covered Customers

During the Restricted Period, Employee must not accept, service, or do business with any Covered Customer, regardless of whether Employee or the Covered Customer first initiated contact.

### Non-Investment

During the Restricted Period, Employee must not acquire or hold any active ownership interest in, serve as a director, officer, manager, or advisor to, or have material economic participation in any Competitive Business. Passive Public Holdings are permitted.

### Non-Disparagement

During the Restricted Period specified in Cover Terms for Non-Disparagement, Employee must not make statements that are intended to or reasonably likely to disparage Employer, its officers, directors, employees, products, or services. This section does not restrict Employee from making truthful statements in legal proceedings, providing truthful testimony, making disclosures to government agencies, or exercising rights protected by law, including rights protected under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act.

### Physician and Health Care Practitioner Covenants

If Employee is a physician or other health care practitioner, any covenant in this agreement restraining Employee from the practice of the profession is intended to use a reasonable radius and a reasonable term and to preserve patient access and continuity of care.

### No Conflicting Obligations

Employee represents that performing duties for Employer and complying with this agreement does not conflict with any prior agreement, court order, or legal obligation binding on Employee. Employee must promptly disclose to Employer any potential conflict that arises during employment.

### Notice to Future Employers and Other Third Parties

Employer may disclose the existence and terms of this agreement to any prospective employer or business associate of Employee if Employer has a reasonable belief that Employee may breach this agreement. Employee consents to this disclosure.

### Restricted Period; No Open-Ended Extension

The Restricted Period for each covenant is a defined, fixed term running from the date Employee's employment ends, as specified in Cover Terms. The parties do not intend, and this agreement does not provide for, any extension of the Restricted Period during a breach or during enforcement litigation. Employer's remedy for competition during the Restricted Period is damages and injunctive relief, not added time; the Restricted Period is not extended, tolled, or suspended by any breach or dispute.

### Remedies

Employee acknowledges that a breach of this agreement may cause Employer irreparable harm for which money damages would be inadequate. Employer may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in addition to any other remedies available at law.

### Enforceability and Severability

If any provision of this agreement is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect.

### Survival and Expiration of Each Covenant

Each restrictive covenant in this agreement survives the termination of Employee's employment for the Restricted Period specified in Cover Terms. Obligations under the Confidential Information and Trade Secret Protection section survive for the Trade Secrets Duration specified in Cover Terms to the extent they relate to trade secrets, and for the Other Confidential Information Duration specified in Cover Terms for other Confidential Information. All other provisions survive to the extent necessary to enforce rights that arose during employment.

### Assignment and Successors

Employee may not assign this agreement or any rights or obligations under it. Employer may assign this agreement to any affiliate, successor, or acquirer of all or substantially all of Employer's business or assets. This agreement is binding on and inures to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs, successors, and permitted assigns.

### Governing Law, Venue, and Dispute Process

This agreement is governed by the law listed in Cover Terms. Disputes will be resolved in the courts of the Governing Law state, subject to non-waivable rights under applicable law.

### Entire Agreement, Amendment, Waiver, and Electronic Signatures

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties regarding its subject matter and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, and negotiations on this subject. This agreement may be amended only in writing signed by both parties. A party's failure to enforce any provision does not waive that party's right to enforce it later. This agreement may be executed in counterparts, including by electronic signature, each of which is an original.

## Signatures

By signing this agreement, each party acknowledges and agrees to the restrictive covenant obligations above. Employee confirms having read and understood each provision, including the Cover Terms.

Employer: {employer_name}

Signature: _______________
Signatory Name: {employer_signatory_name}
Title: {employer_signatory_title}
Date: _______________

**Employee**

Signature: _______________
Print Name: {employee_name}
Date: _______________