Contract work

Contract work

Suppose that the Fabulous Hotel hires you as head chef under a two-year employment contract. After two years, another hotel wants to hire you. However, in the original employment contract you signed with the Fabulous Hotel, the following paragraph appears:

“The below-signed agrees not to work as a chef for another hotel in the same metropolitan area for a period of two years after leaving our employ.”

1. Describe and analyze the five elements of a contract that must exist for this agreement to be enforceable.
2. Explain why this contract is governed by common law or the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).
3. Examine at least two circumstances in which this non-compete agreement would be unenforceable.

Submit a four page paper (not including title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide and must cite three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.

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In order for the said clause existing in the contract with Fabulous Hotel to be enforceable, several considerations have to be made. These considerations are majorly elements that must exist in any contract. These elements are: the first element is the offer in place. As usual, any contract is formed when one party’s offer is accepted by the other party. In this case, Fabulous Hotel makes an offer for employment for a period of two years. The contract also states that the employee cannot work for another hotel in the metropolitan

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