COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE – Repeals and adds to existing law to provide that covenants not to compete shall be void and unenforceable except in certain situations.

Idaho's H 486 repeals existing non-compete laws and creates new rules making most non-compete agreements unenforceable for employees and independent contractors. The bill allows exceptions only for: (1) non-competes tied to business sales or dissolution, (2) agreements covering employees earning $250,000+ annually, and (3) non-solicitation or confidentiality terms (not true non-competes). It also requires disputes to be handled in Idaho courts and allows employees to recover attorney fees if they win enforcement cases. This directly affects most workers and employers in Idaho by limiting restrictive employment contracts, except in the specified situations.