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Data from 2018 indicates that non-compete clauses cover 18 percent of American labor force participants. [2] A 2023 petition to the FTC to ban non-compete agreements estimated that about 30 million workers (about 20% of all U.S. workers) were subject to a noncompete clause. [3]
The Federal Trade Commission banned noncompete agreements for the vast majority of U.S. employees earlier this week—a move that impacts about 30 million Americans, and is scheduled to take ...
The FTC argues the agreements stifle workers' ability to switch jobs and earn higher wages. A sweeping federal ban on noncompete agreements -- which was set to take effect for tens of millions of ...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has proposed a rule that would ban companies from entering or attempting to enter a non-compete agreement with a worker. The rule banning non-compete clauses in...
President Joe Biden soon after the announcement said, “The FTC is cracking down on ‘non-compete agreements,’ contracts that employers use to prevent their workers from changing jobs even if ...
In April, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned all non compete agreements in the United States. [9] Within a few days, business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued to block the new rule.
[18] [19] On August 20, 2024, a federal court in Texas overturned the FTC's ban on non-compete agreements, which was originally scheduled to take effect on September 4, 2024. [20] U.S. District Judge Ada Brown said the FTC did not have the authority to issue the ban, which she said was "unreasonably overbroad without a reasonable explanation."
James Witz, co-chair of Littler’s unfair competition and trade secrets practice group, said his business clients have expressed concern that the rule will put their most valuable know-how at ...