>>I guess you have similar laws to us? Here it's not illegal to prevent a worker from working for a competitor, but if those restrictions are in the contract, then the employer also has to pay the worker in full for the "quarantine" period. This means that it's not often done, but it happens from time to time.
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>here, sometimes companies put these kind of restrictions into the contract, to prevent the worker going to a competior, but since its not legal, no judge would ever punish a worker, even though it was part of his contract.

Non-compete agreements often aren't enforceable in this country, either, although most workers don't know that. They just sign because they don't feel they have much choice.