Noncompetition Agreements and the Counseling Profession: An Unrecognized Reality for Private Practitioners
✍ Scribed by Tracey Wyatt; M. Harry Daniels; Lyle J. White
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 359 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1556-6678
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Restrictive covenants are proven means of limiting competition and need to be understood by counselors. The authors consider the American Counseling Association's (ACA) position on noncompetition agreements between employers and employees in light of case law from other service professions and conclude that ACA members are uninformed and available sources of information (i.e., ACA Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice, ACA, 1995) do not provide needed information. The absence of information about this important topic puts members at risk in an increasingly competitive private practice market. The authors propose guidelines for responding to this issue.