My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: Texas
My husband is a software consultant in higher education and has been for the past fifteen years. Two months ago the company he had been working for laid him off after having been employed there for a mere ten months. However, all of his experience and training came form a prior company he had worked fourteen years for.
The company that laid him off is based out of South Carolina, but he lives in Houston, Texas and was travelling and working for them remotely from his home office.
He has applied to be a consultant for companies outside of higher education, but no one will give him the time of day due to lack of experience. Yesterday, he was contacted by a company out of Florida that wants to hire him right away, but can't due to the non-compete he signed at the company he worked ten months for.
His non-compete states that he cannot work for any competitors for a period of one year ANYWHERE in the world since they conduct business globally. This seems very messed up to me and we are about to lose our home, car, everything due to this crap. Any advice as to what to do would be extremely appreciated!

