Restrictive covenants in employment agreements primarily require one party to do, or refrain from doing, certain actions.

• A. Nothing beyond confidentiality
• B. Certain actions
• C. Only shift changes
• D. Nothing at all

Answer: (B)

Restrictive covenants are about duties and prohibitions that limit what someone can do in connection with their job. They don’t just keep information confidential; they require a person to act in certain ways or to refrain from actions that could harm the employer—like not competing with the employer after leaving, not soliciting the employer’s clients, or not hiring away coworkers. That action-or-non-action focus is the core idea: these clauses impose specific obligations about what to do or not do. The other options miss that point, either narrowing it to confidentiality, to shift changes, or implying there’s no obligation at all.