Isn't that what the Non-Disclosure Agreement is for? I don't understand how a non-compete keeps trade secrets safe, it's not like you can't transfer a trade secret a year later, or however long the non-compete lasts.
<<"NDAs are nice, but there is no way to know whether a trade secret has been transferred to a competitor (if the competitor keeps their secrets secret)."
<<"The other problem with allowing NDAs but disallowing non-competes is that it provides a huge loophole, where businesses can classify all non-public information as trade secrets, thereby preventing the former employee from implementing any competing system (which will inevitably contain some non-public process from the previous employer)."
