Employment Contracts and Restrictive Covenants: Alabama
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Author: Randall Scott Hetrick, Adams and Reese LLP
Summary
- Through written contracts, Alabama employers may require certain employees to comply with reasonable post-employment restrictions on competition with the employer or on solicitation of the employer's customers. See Restrictive Covenants.
- Alabama has enacted the Alabama Trade Secrets Act and enforces protection of proprietary information. See Trade Secrets.