Katija Stjepovic, reporter/anchor for KSL 5 News in Salt Lake City, took maternity leave in January. Either she sat out longer than allowed or decided a career change was in order, Katija will return to SLC tv, but across the street at FOX 13 KSTU – “THIS JUST IN: Over the moon to announce that I am officially part of the Good Day Utah team at @fox13! I’ll be covering all things traffic and filling in on the desk with the dream team starting Next Monday. Fox 13 has always held a special place in my heart! See you on TV”
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Jason Remington • September 10, 2024
Only North Dakota and Oklahoma prohibit enforcement of the non-compete contracts. The only restriction in Utah courts require that non-compete restrictions be “reasonably limited in time and geographic area” in order to be valid and enforceable.
Anon • September 12, 2024
That’s a bit misleading. Ignoring laws which generally prohibit non-competes based on annual pay, which many states including Washington have, several states have laws which prohibit enforcing non-competes against broadcast journalists if they are terminated without cause. Washington has such a law (RCW 49.44.190). Utah appears to have a similar law as well (Utah Code 34-51-201). Utah law has some other requirements about being OT exempt and pay threshold, but the important portion is -201(2)(a)(iii) which only allows enforcement if the employee was terminated for cause or for breaching their individual employment agreement.