Non-solicitation Agreements A non-solicitation agreement is an agreement between an employer and an employee, which the employer usually requires the employee to sign as a condition of providing employment or other benefit to the employee. In the agreement, the employee agrees if her employment is terminated, and she decides to go into business for herself, that she will not solicit either the employees or the customers of the company. The purpose of these agreements is similar to that of non-competition agreements. Essentially the company wants to make sure that an employee of the company doesn’t use the trade secrets and other advantages gained during her employment to the company’s detriment after the employee’s employment is terminated.