Clarkson, Hammond and May sign with Amazon Prime for new car show

atpbx said:
No unfortunately you can be prevented from working for competitors for a period of X months after leaving a previous employer/fixed term contract if its in your terms.

In the last job we had to fire a national sales manager because he had just left 3663 and he still had 35 months of a 36 month competitor restriction in place.
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Unless they're still employed then it's not enforceable. If you fire someone then you've literally terminated any contract you have with that person. You can suspend said person, continue to pay them, and prohibit them from moving to another employer. There has to be a valid contract in place though.
 
The Stig is the property of the BBC Top Gear, or whatever they decide to call it when it is relaunched.

I've considered Amazon Prime for a while now but haven't taken the plunge. I do shop a fair bit on Amazon but I imagine that this'll make me sign up. If you do shop at Amazon then £79 isn't the total cost of the new Clarkson Top Gear - it is just part of it. £79 is £79 but it still feels like a reasonable cost for 8 or 12 hours a year, or whatever it is, of something I enjoy watching. That's good value compared to the cost of a cinema visit or other similar entertainment.

Despite the additional cost, I'm quite positive and looking forward to the prospect of having not one, but two hopefully good, entertaining car themed shows on TV next year.
 
The_Abyss said:
The Stig is the property of the BBC Top Gear, or whatever they decide to call it when it is relaunched.

I've considered Amazon Prime for a while now but haven't taken the plunge. I do shop a fair bit on Amazon but I imagine that this'll make me sign up. If you do shop at Amazon then £79 isn't the total cost of the new Clarkson Top Gear - it is just part of it. £79 is £79 but it still feels like a reasonable cost for 8 or 12 hours a year, or whatever it is, of something I enjoy watching. That's good value compared to the cost of a cinema visit or other similar entertainment.

Despite the additional cost, I'm quite positive and looking forward to the prospect of having not one, but two hopefully good, entertaining car themed shows on TV next year.
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Agreed completely
 
One said:
Must be bs, they were out of contract at the time. You can only be bound by a contract whilst in it. To keep contracts like that valid you have to keep paying them. Often called gardening leave. Imagine the uproar if the bbc had to keep paying Clarkson for five years lol.
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Nope, contracts can state all sorts and they can be in force even after you leave the job.

Most company's must have some sort of non disclosure clause, just because you leave the job do you think it would then be OK to blab about everything?

One said:
Unless they're still employed then it's not enforceable. If you fire someone then you've literally terminated any contract you have with that person. You can suspend said person, continue to pay them, and prohibit them from moving to another employer. There has to be a valid contract in place though.
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Sorry but that is simply not true.

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/worklife/b...-employment-restrict-options-move-jobs-10827/

Non- Competition Clause – This seeks to prevent you from working for a competitor in a similar role to the one you previously held, and also prevents you from setting up a competing business.
Non-Solicitation Clause – This imposes a duty not to approach your ex-employer’s customers or prospective customers. Usually, this is with specific reference to those customers you had direct dealings with for the 12 month period prior to your termination date.
Non-Dealing Clause – This is more onerous than a non-solicitation clause in that it prevents you from dealing with your ex-employer’s customers whether you encourage them or not. So if they approach you, the restriction would bite in the same way as it would by you soliciting them.
Non-Poaching Clause – This aims to prevent you from taking key employees with you to your new employment or business
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atpbx said:
No unfortunately you can be prevented from working for competitors for a period of X months after leaving a previous employer/fixed term contract if its in your terms.

In the last job we had to fire a national sales manager because he had just left 3663 and he still had 35 months of a 36 month competitor restriction in place.
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You're lucky you didn't get sued pulling that ****. It's unlikely to be enforceable by his ex-employer as it's a restriction of trade (and they could do nothing further than sue him for loss - which is rather hard to quantify), and it's certainly not enforceable by current employer.
 
The_Abyss said:
The Stig is the property of the BBC Top Gear, or whatever they decide to call it when it is relaunched.

I've considered Amazon Prime for a while now but haven't taken the plunge. I do shop a fair bit on Amazon but I imagine that this'll make me sign up. If you do shop at Amazon then £79 isn't the total cost of the new Clarkson Top Gear - it is just part of it. £79 is £79 but it still feels like a reasonable cost for 8 or 12 hours a year, or whatever it is, of something I enjoy watching. That's good value compared to the cost of a cinema visit or other similar entertainment.

Despite the additional cost, I'm quite positive and looking forward to the prospect of having not one, but two hopefully good, entertaining car themed shows on TV next year.
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Well, I have just bought an unlimited cineworld card for £130, which allows me to go as much as I want... :D

I would say it's certainly better value than the TV license. I have a Netflix sub and an Amazon prime one, I think the prime one is worth it for the next day guaranteed delivery bit alone considering how often I've made good use of that, not to mention the video service and the recently announced music service too.
 
cheesyboy said:
You're lucky you didn't get sued pulling that ****. It's unlikely to be enforceable by his ex-employer as it's a restriction of trade (and they could do nothing further than sue him for loss - which is rather hard to quantify), and it's certainly not enforceable by current employer.
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Why, its standard stuff!

http://www.out-law.com/page-7086

A restrictive covenant is typically clause in a contract which prohibits an employee from competing with his ex-employer for a certain period after the employee has left the business, or prevents the ex-employee from soliciting or dealing with customers of the business by using knowledge of those customers gained during his prior employment.
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We got purchased by a very large German company last year who deals with testing and safety standards worldwide, we have all this sort of stuff written in our new contracts to avoid us A. leaving, and B. removing the staff and knowledge they have paid us multiple millions of pounds for and simply setting up another firm after running away with the money, the MDs contracts are even more restrictive, somehow id imagine a company who employs over 20k staff worldwide has rather good legal advice and knows what they can and can't enforce in a court of law.
 
Firestar_3x said:
Why, its standard stuff!

http://www.out-law.com/page-7086



We got purchased by a very large German company last year who deals with testing and safety standards worldwide, we have all this sort of stuff written in our new contracts to avoid us A. leaving, and B. removing the staff and knowledge they have paid us multiple millions of pounds for and simply setting up another firm after running away with the money, the MDs contracts are even more restrictive, somehow id imagine a company who employs over 20k staff worldwide has rather good legal advice and knows what they can and can't enforce in a court of law.
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I think it is pretty standard. I have a 3 month notice period in my contract right alongside a 12 month non-compete clause. There are many ways around it as well as negotiation, but it is completely legal.
 
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