I was wondering if someone could help me understand an interesting clause I noticed in a contract from RN network.
It seems to mention the nurse cannot accept permanent work from the hospital she has received an assignment at until 6 months past her last day of assignment from RN network at that hospital.
This would seem to make it impossible to ever settle down since you would not be able to sustain yourself waiting around for six months after completing an assignment.
Does anyone have experience with RN network that could help me understand this? It seems so intrusive that I feel like I surely must be misunderstanding something about the way it appears.
As already noted, non-compete clauses like this are standard and not unique to nursing. When I used to do "temp" secretarial work, the employment contracts always included a similar statement. The agencies don't want to be serving strictly as an "audition service" for good employees; if they didn't do the "non-compete" thing, employers would just poach all the good agency staff. The agencies want to at least get a fee for letting someone good go. It's a drag for the individual, but I can certainly understand the agencies' position.
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As already noted, non-compete clauses like this are standard and not unique to nursing. When I used to do "temp" secretarial work, the employment contracts always included a similar statement. The agencies don't want to be serving strictly as an "audition service" for good employees; if they didn't do the "non-compete" thing, employers would just poach all the good agency staff. The agencies want to at least get a fee for letting someone good go. It's a drag for the individual, but I can certainly understand the agencies' position.