Originally Posted by
rickair7777
He is already employed by the company asking him to sign the agreement (for two years). If he refuses and gets fired for that reason I think he would prevail. Different scenario than a new-hire.
But it looks like Ohio is special (see above post), and has precedent allowing this sort of thing. That's why the company has the cajones to even propose such a thing. Most other states would be different though.
Ohio isn't special at all in the "continued employment supports the new promise" piece. I'd take an educated guess that most states follow the "continued employment" rule exactly as quoted where employment is at-will.
Of course that still begs the questions (a) whether Ohio permits this kind of restriction for someone in a CFI position and (b) if it does, would it consider this restriction reasonable as to both time and geographic area.
Only an attorney familiar with Ohio employment law and the nature of the school's operation can give an opinion on that with any degree of reliability.