{"id":996,"date":"2018-12-08T11:55:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T10:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.die-anwaelte.at\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=996"},"modified":"2018-12-08T11:55:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T10:55:45","slug":"what-does-the-competition-clause-in-my-work-contract-mean","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.die-anwaelte.at\/en\/question\/what-does-the-competition-clause-in-my-work-contract-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the competition clause in my work contract mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol { background-color: #d0dadd !important; }.ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol { color: #899a9f !important; }.ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol { border-width: 1 !important; }.ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol { border-color: #05151a !important; }.ewd-ufaq-faq-title .ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol span { font-size: 20px !important; }div.ewd-ufaq-faq-title h4 { font-size: 16px !important; }<\/style><div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-load_more ewd-ufaq-category-tabs-\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='title' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/996' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-one ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-996-GOCyxv9X3l' data-post_id='996'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-square'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tWhat does the competition clause in my work contract mean?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t<p>Basically, the employer wants to avoid that informal operating capital such as customer contacts, special knowledge and strategies benefit a competitor company in the event of a job change. With the competition clause, the employee should be prevented from changing to a competitor immediately or after a certain time (transition period) or to found a competitor company him\/herself.<\/p>\n<p>The competition clause is only valid under certain circumstances and depends on the type of termination of the employment relationship. The employer can also claim his\/her rights deriving from the competition clause if he\/she terminates the employment relationship and states that he will pay the employee the remuneration he\/she is entitled to during the period of limitation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-custom-fields'>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A What does the competition clause in my work contract mean? Basically, the employer wants to avoid that informal operating capital such as customer contacts, special knowledge and strategies benefit a competitor company in the event of a job change. 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