The contract is only 3 pages but the first 2 don't have anything relevant. Page 1 is a brief description of the company and what it does and a list of my work related duties and responsibilities. Page 2 is my monetary compensation and a list of all my benefits. Page 3 is Term of Employment, Restrictive Covenant and Termination. Page 3 follows:

Term of Employment

The term of the Employee's employment shall commence on the 1st day of June, 2009 and shall continue for a period of one year until the 1st day of June, 2010. Due to the nature of the employer's schedule and workload, they reserve the right to extend the length of the contract up to 2 weeks to allow completion of an updated contract for the following year.

Restrictive Covenant

The Employee recognizes that the Employer has and will invest great time and money developing and maintaining a client base. With due regard to Employer's efforts in building and maintaining client relationships, the Employee agrees to enter into a restrictive covenant with reference to his future employment in <redacted> after the termination of his relationship with the Employer within certain restricted times and areas. This agreement is not an attempt to restrain the Employee from exercising his professional contravention of the Ohio Statutes but rather is an agreement by the Employee to maintain a hands off policy for a limited period of time within a limited geographical area.

The Employee agrees that at the time of the execution of this contract, he has not developed any client relationships outside of the Employer. It is agreed by the Employer and the Employee that any client that the Employee comes into contact with as a result of his employment with the Employer will be a result of the goodwill developed by the Employer before the employment of the Employee. In addition, this agreement seeks to protect the goodwill, which will be developed by the Employer during the course of the Employee's employment.

In consideration of these factors, the Employee agrees that if his employment is terminated for any cause, that for a period of one year after leaving the Employer's employment, he will not, directly or indirectly, either as an individual on his own, as a partner, joint venture, member of a limited liability company or as an employee or agent for any other person, or as an officer, directory, or shareholder or otherwise, establish a company that <redacted> within a five mile radius of the Employer. The Employee agrees to maintain a hands off policy with respect to clients of the Employer during the time period set forth. Specifically, the Employee agrees not to directly or indirectly solicit clients during the time period above set forth.

This covenant on the part of the Employee shall be construed as an agreement independent of any other provisions of this agreement; and the existence of any claim or cause of action of the Employee against the Employer, whether predicated on this agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the Employer's enforcement of this covenant.

Termination

The Employer shall have the right at any time during the term of this contract to discharge the Employee for cause. As used herein cause shall include, but shall not be limited to, the willful breach or habitual neglect of duties that the Employee is required to perform under this Agreement, the Employee's failure or refusal to comply with reasonable policies, standards and regulations that the Employer may establish from time to time.


The redacted were because the nature of the business is sales but the field is small enough that the type of business or a description of it could be identifiable.