FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses for Workers

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday issued a plan to ban noncompete clauses, a proposal that would allow workers to take jobs with rival companies or start competing businesses, arguing that noncompete clauses constitute an exploitative practice that undermines a 109-year-old law prohibiting unfair methods of competition.

Thank you President Biden. The GOP will oppose this, but it will probably pass.

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SomeMichGuy · M

My understanding is that the standard legal advice is that, once you have left an employer with such a clause, the clause is unenforceable, since they are no longer paying you.

If this is the case, codifying it and taking away the ability of employers to bully & threaten employees makes sense.