A common contract that I have signed in the past is a non-competetion
contract.  They acknowledged my business and what I was doing in it and I
agreed not to compete with their business.  There was usually some clause
saying that the terms of the contract expired 5 years after I left the company
of something like that.

Ian Chapman wrote:

> I'd appreciate any practical guidance on ways of retaining my independence
> to use my design skills elsewhere if I re-enter full employment.
>
> I am currently self-employed (in business partnership with my wife) but I
> am considering the possibility of returning to full-time employment.  My
> wife is able to continue running our joint business on her own, but would
> benefit from my design input at times.  I would like to set things up with
> my prospective employer in a way that does not compromise my ability to do
> this, but I am not sure how this is best achieved.
>
> In practice, I see no conflict of interest between our business aims and
> those of any prospective employers (indeed, there may be synergies), and I
> do not intend to use any of my prospective employer's resources to pursue
> the former.  Also, I propose only a light and non-time-critical ongoing
> commitment to my wife's (our) business - essentially to maintain existing
> products so that we can continue to secure an income from new sales.
>
> I appear to be in a good negotiating position with a prospective employer
> who wants my skills but is currently unable to offer a salary that meets
> my expectations.  The job looks good in many other ways, so common sense
> suggests that there is a "win-win" out there.  However, I anticipate that
> it may be difficult to draw up a watertight contractual agreement, and it
> would probably defeat the object to engage a solicitor to attempt to make
> this so.
>
> Does anyone have experience of sensible and effective solutions to this?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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> Chapmip Technology, UK
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