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Subject: Re: Non-Competition Agreements for Technical Writers - ethical issues
From: Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>
To: svi -at- ieee -dot- org
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:37:22 -0700

This is what I do: Before signing, I draw a line through and revise any non-competitive clause that restricts me for more than 3 months. If I get a concerned response to that , then we have to discuss it until they have satisfied me or vice versa. It nearly always comes down to 3 months. If I were taking work on a very short time basis, I would try to do away with the non-compete clause altogether.

The non-compete clause, it seems to me, belongs only where the local market can't find enough tech writers. What is the market for technical writers like in Israel?

Ned Bedinger
doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com



-Svi Ben-Elya wrote:

There is an interesting discussion in Israel on the Non-Competition
Agreements or clauses that tech writers are asked to sign by outsourcing
companies. The discussion began on Techshoret (the Israeli equivalent of
Techwr-l) by a new immigrant tech writer concerned about signing an
agreement that would potentially prevent her from continuing to work as a
tech writer in Israel if and when she left the outsourcer. The issues are
both legal (is it enforcable) and ethical. The discussion is now continuing on www.elephant.org.il with different pages
for comments on different ethical questions. If there is some type of
consensus or local industry standard for these agreements that comes out of
the discussion, I will be more than happy to summarize. I would like to get
input from all of you because even though the legal aspects may be relevant
only to Israel, the ethical ones are similar elsewhere.
Thank you in advance.
- Svi Ben-Elya -
svi -at- ieee -dot- org
054-2356235
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