Denver Metro Chamber Of Commerce: House Bill Threatens To Restrict Post-Employment Agreements

Press release from Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce:

Cameron Ochse

February 25, 2022

Colorado has some of the toughest post-employment restrictive agreement law in the country, but a new bill would make such employment contractual clauses much harder to write and enforce.

House Bill 1216

We know that employment restrictive agreements serve an important purpose in our business community. Our advanced industry sector relies on employment restrictive agreements to protect proprietary information and safeguard against talent poaching. In its current form, this bill increases the risk associated with enforcing an employment restrictive agreement and would lead to additional litigation.

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This press release was produced by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.