My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: Florida
My wifes boss gave her a "non-compete" to sign. She has worked there for 2 years to-date. The thing is that the non-compete is 9 pages long and is somewhat vague. It says that she will not do anything involving communications and the like (she works with people who have speech and communication disabilities). It also states that she will pay all legal fees if a suit arises.
One of the many problems we have is that he says he wont discuss pay, job description, standards, quotas etc UNTIL the non compete is signed. And the only reason he realized she didnt have one signed already was when she asked for a raise and included an "Employement Agreement" that included her first written job duties and description.
One of the former employees signed one of his contracts (when in appearances seemed she was already getting ready to be fired) only so that he could say that she didnt meet her job duties so that he wouldnt have to pay unemployment. He made several comments to the employees bragging about not paying unemployment. Thats why were leery of signing his documents. And anytime someone says "hurry up and sign this, THEN we will talk"- Its a little shady.
My question after all this back story is:
-Is a non-compete after 2 years of employment as a sales person and office manager acceptable?
-Does this sound and look shady to others (am I just being paranoid)?
-By not signing the non-compete, does that make my actions say that I quit?
-Can a non-compete be 9 pages long? (the boss stated in an email that "its an expensive one and better than the free ones you can get online")
Personally I want my wife out of that job and situation but are we causing other problems by refusing to sign the current documents?
Thank you .

