Non-competition clause

Magdalena Danielová Non-competition clause The main aim of this diploma thesis is to provide complete summary on a non-competition clause as an institute of labour law. This issue is up-to-date and primarily serves for the protection of employer's information, knowledge and procedures from potential misuse by its employees. The current legislation involves some ambiguous and imprecise formulations which may cause problems within use of a non-competition clause in practise. The first chapter is devoted to determination of fundamental legal terms in labour law which are associated with the limitation of competitive activities and non-competition clause. In the end of this chapter the definition of a limitation of competitive activities within employment and non-competition clause will be given. The second chapter describes historical development of the legislation on non-competition clause which appeared for the first time in the Czech legislation in the half of the 19th century. Modern legislation brought ambiguous views on its sre-introduction and content of a non- competition clause. The third chapter is focused on the current legislation of a non-competition clause in Act No. 262/2006 Coll., Labour Code. Except for the amendments which have been approved since the effectiveness of new Labour Code, the..