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I have a non-compete contract for a 12 month period. In short I am wanting to change jobs and have been offered 2 jobs with competitors and they reqire me to obtain a waiver or advise the non-compete is not enforceable. ... Can you give me advise to this?
The waiver would have to come from your employer; for an opinion letter that the non-competition agreement is not enforceable, you would have to retain a lawyer.

Quote Quoting don_jabo
Secondly, if the employer does not give me a will ful waiver of non-compete concerns being our agreement is unreasonable in content, if I loose the job offers as a result can I sue the employeer for damages of this loss.
Your employer's path to enforcing the contract would be to commence litigation against you. You could respond within the context of that litigation by contesting the validity of the non-competition language.