Do I Have to Tell My Current Employer the Name of My New Employer
My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: NEW YORK
My Present Job is in NY
My New Job that I will be joining is in CA
My employment agreement states that I should NOT work with a competitor and that's exactly what I'm doing, I'm leaving the manufacturing industry and
joining a retail store whose HQ is located in the state of CA. Do I have to tell my employer/HR in the exit interview (in the state of NY) the name of my new employer. I know I don't have to share information of my new employer's name with my boss or colleagues.
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You don't even have to attend the exit interview.
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palmtreer77
My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: NEW YORK
My Present Job is in NY
My New Job that I will be joining is in CA
My employment agreement states that I should NOT work with a competitor and that's exactly what I'm doing, I'm leaving the manufacturing industry and joining a retail store whose HQ is located in the state of CA. Do I have to tell my employer/HR in the exit interview (in the state of NY) the name of my new employer. I know I don't have to share information of my new employer's name with my boss or colleagues.
I cannot read the contract (if what you have truly amounts to that) says from here. Does it say anything about what you must disclose to your present employer about your future employment? If not, then I think that answers your question for you. The law doesn’t require exit interviews at all, let alone what you must say in such an interview. Unless a contract says you have to disclose it then there is no obligation to do it.
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My employment agreement states that I should NOT work with a competitor and that's exactly what I'm doing,
If you have a bona fide enforceable non-compete contract you would be breaching it by taking the new job.
If the contract says you have to tell your employer, and you don't, you'll be in breach one way or the other so why bother telling your employer anything.
Best to keep your mouth shut, move on, and hope for the best.
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is there an internet link to a document/HANDBOOK online for LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW in the State of New York for employees
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Your original post is a bit unclear. Can you please answer the following questions:
1. Are you going to work for a competitor?
2. Does your contract specifically state that you must provide the name of your next employer upon resignation?
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If you have a bona fide enforceable non-compete contract you would be breaching it by taking the new job.
If the contract says you have to tell your employer, and you don't, you'll be in breach one way or the other so why bother telling your employer anything.
Best to keep your mouth shut, move on, and hope for the best.
How would he be breaching it? He is leaving the manufacturing industry to go into retailing. What am I missing?
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How would he be breaching it? He is leaving the manufacturing industry to go into retailing. What am I missing?
The word "if."
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palmtreer77
is there an internet link to a document/HANDBOOK online for LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW in the State of New York for employees
No, there isn't. Since no such handbook exists.
I can direct you to a link on the NY state website where you'll find some of those laws, if you like.
But if you are looking for a law that either requires you to give the name of your new employer to the old employer, or alternately gives you permission to withhold it, you're not going to find one. Either way. The law simply does not take a position on the matter. If you have a legally binding and enforceable contract that says one way or the other, then that contract holds. If you do not, then it's between you and the employer.
But be aware that there are a lot of ways, other than your telling him, that your old employer can find out where you went to work. Don't imagine that you can break your contract and/or non-compete and as long as you don't give him the name, he'll never find out.
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No, I'm NOT going to work for a competitor, Right now I'm in a Manufacturing job and I will be joining a Retail Store. My Agreement specifically said I can't work with a competitor but my questions is Do I have to tell my employer/HR in the exit interview (in the state of NY) the name of my new employer. I saw it happen to a co-woker who was supposed to join a company that was also not a competitor, but lost his new job even before he joined the new company