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Florida employment · confidentiality, inventions & restrictive covenants
Download the Florida employment confidentiality agreement — protects confidential information and trade secrets, assigns employee inventions, with non-solicit and non-compete covenants keyed to Florida's statute, in fillable Word and fillable PDF, with the Florida Instructions & Rider.
Hiring in more than one state? This page is the Florida agreement — each state's version is drafted to its own covenant law.
Every file below is included: the fillable Word instrument, a fillable PDF, and the Florida Instructions & Rider.
The real document — not a mockup. Page 1 of the form included in your download.
Every part of the instrument, in order — thirteen sections, the exhibits, and the signature page.
About this form
An employment confidentiality agreement is the employer's first line of defense for its most valuable assets: trade secrets, proprietary data, customer relationships, and employee-created inventions. Signed at the start of employment, it defines what information is confidential, assigns work-related inventions to the company, and sets the employee's obligations during and after employment.
This agreement's non-solicit and non-compete covenants are keyed to the Florida statute: duration and geography blanks, the classes of employees the statute covers, and the certification language that keeps the covenants within it.
Your Florida Instructions & Rider covers the state specifics: the governing statute or rule in one paragraph, any earnings thresholds, delivery and timing requirements, and step-by-step completion guidance, with a delivery log for your records.
Both parties sign in two originals — one for each side. No notarization is required. Give the employee a copy of the signed agreement (some states require it — the rider flags them) and keep the signed original with the completed exhibits.
ILRG provides self-help legal forms and download support. PublicLegal employment forms are provided for you to complete with your own business information. Restrictive-covenant rules vary by state and change frequently — the Instructions & Rider explains the rules in your state and the certifications this agreement uses to stay within them. If you are not 100 percent satisfied after purchasing from us, contact us for a refund.
The Florida employment confidentiality agreement in fillable Word (.docx) with a fillable PDF, plus the Florida Instructions & Rider (covenant rules, thresholds, timing, and step-by-step completion guidance). A completed sample is available as an optional add-on.
It protects the employer’s confidential information and trade secrets, assigns employee-created inventions to the company, confirms at-will employment, requires the return of company property at termination, and — where state law allows — adds non-solicitation and non-competition covenants. It is signed at the start of employment and its core obligations survive the end of employment.
Yes, when completed within the limits the instrument sets. The non-compete is capped at twelve months with geography limited to where the company actually does business, and the rider explains the Florida limits — overbroad restraints are what courts refuse to enforce, which is why the blanks push you to keep it narrow.
No. Section 1 expressly preserves at-will employment — either party may end the employment at any time, with or without cause. The agreement adds confidentiality, invention, and (where lawful) covenant obligations; it does not create a term contract or a promise of continued employment.
Exhibit A is the employee’s prior-inventions list — anything the employee created before this employment stays the employee’s, and listing it there prevents later ownership disputes (a “No Prior Inventions” checkbox covers the common case). Exhibit B is the termination certification: at the end of employment the employee confirms that company property, devices, and confidential materials have been returned.
Present it with the offer or at onboarding, before the employee starts work — consideration and timing rules matter, and several states impose delivery or waiting periods (the Florida Instructions & Rider lists yours). Both parties sign two originals and each keeps one; some states require the employee to receive a copy, which the rider flags.