BIS has issued a call for evidence on whether post-termination restrictions in employment contracts act as a barrier to employment, innovation and entrepreneurship. The types of restriction concerned are those that prevent employees from working for competitors or soliciting clients from their former employer for a specified period – often several months – after their employment terminates. BIS state they are asking for views because “employment rules may be stifling British entrepreneurship by preventing employees from starting up their own business after leaving a job”. The results of the survey will be fed into the Innovation Plan, aimed at making Britain the most attractive place in Europe to start up new businesses, which is due to be published later this year.

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