California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 7 — General Business RegulationsPart 2 — Preservation and Regulation of CompetitionChapter 1 — Contracts in Restraint of TradeSection 16607
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the customer list, including the names, addresses and identity of all employer customers who have listed job orders with an employment agency within a period of 180 days prior to the separation of an employee from the agency and including the names, addresses and identity of all applicant customers of the employment agency, shall constitute a trade secret and confidential information of, and shall belong to, the employment agency.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), no liability shall attach to, and no cause of action shall arise from, the use of a customer list of an employment agency by a former employee who enters into business as an employment agency more than one year immediately following termination of his employment.
Notes
Defines an employment agency’s customer list, including employer customers with job orders during the 180 days before an employee’s separation and all applicant customers, as the agency’s trade secret and confidential property. No liability or cause of action arises from a former employee’s use of the list after more than one year following employment termination.
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