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> That's not how I see it, the important part being "which relate to, or are reasonably capable of being used in, the business".

> Example: your personal blog is not related to the fact that your employer develops and sells databases.

Couldn't this be interpreted very broadly though? Like if you write your own web server, programming language, optimisation tool, build tool, CMS, CRM etc. they could likely find a use for these within their business.




True, reason why you don't stop at just the employment contract. You should also disclose existing projects to them and have them sign that your work outside of hours/facilities does not upset them.




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