"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...

Turns out, they don't have to fire somebody for it to get sued for it.
It's
illegal. But many companies either don't know it or they do it for as
long
as they can get away with it.

Your wife may believe that but at least in California the courts have
provided us guidelines for such agreeements to make them enforcable.

(True: We're in Oregon. Different states handle that differently.)