Illinois Compiled Statutes 820 ILCS 17 Broadcast Industry Free Market Act. Section 10

    (820 ILCS 17/10)

    Sec. 10. Post-employment covenants not to compete are prohibited.

    (a) No broadcasting industry employer may require in an employment contract that an employee or prospective employee refrain from obtaining employment in a specific geographic area for a specific period of time after termination of employment with that broadcasting industry employer.

    (b) This Section does not prevent the enforcement of a covenant not to compete during the term of an employment contract or against an employee who breaches an employment contract.

(Source: P.A. 92-496, eff. 1-1-02.)

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