The Recruitment Rule I’d Break: Restrictive Covenants Aren’t Worth the Paper They’re Written On

This post by Barry Cullen of recLAW is part of our blog series, “The Recruitment Rule I’d Break”.
Say that in any recruitment office and you’ll get nods around the room. It’s probably the most repeated piece of wisdom in our industry. It’s also wrong often enough to be expensive and it’s the rule I’d break.
Why it no longer works
The saying is half right. Plenty of restraints really aren’t worth much and that comes down to how they were writt