Big discussions from a few days ago:
FTC intends to ban noncompete clauses that bind 30M US workers
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Re: FTC intends to ban noncompete clauses that bind 30M US workers
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is just unjustifiably gross. I get wanting to have noncompetes for people with nonpublic information that could be used to harm the company (note: I said “get” and not “agree”), but to slap a non compete on a close-to-minimum-wage worker whose most secret information is how many pickles to put on a sandwich? Makes my skin crawl.
Agreed completely - these are clearly anticompetitive in nature, rather than anything to do with protecting company IP. FTC is probably overdoing this though; I sat out a full year on a compensated noncompete couple years back for a very good reason and the use case is still very much there for industries with sensitive information. Proscribing noncompetes will make hiring very difficult going forward - one bad hire…
There are already criminal and civil remedies available if trade secrets or IP are misused. Preventing employees from taking other employment based upon some hypothetical possibility is Minority Report territory and should not be socially acceptable.
Re: FTC intends to ban noncompete clauses that bind 30M US workers
#23Hopefully non-solicitation agreements are next.
And maybe bans on doing other work outside of work hours? If all three of those get axed there should be a noticeable improvement in overall productivity.
Considering that is how our public school system is run, off of unpaid teacher hours, I highly doubt it.
Re: FTC intends to ban noncompete clauses that bind 30M US workers
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
And maybe bans on doing other work outside of work hours? If all three of those get axed there should be a noticeable improvement in overall productivity.
Considering that is how our public school system is run, off of unpaid teacher hours, I highly doubt it.
I believe the post was referring to “moonlighting” for pay, or building a side company evenings and weekends. Not disallowing unpaid overtime.