Decades ago, when Kenneth Dau-Schimdt first started teaching about labor and employment law, he said noncompete agreements weren’t all that common. But over time, as their use has grown, so too has the scrutiny of the practice, which now extends beyond specialized positions down to employees at sandwich shops. State lawmakers have been wrestling with […] The post FTC noncompetes rule ripples out into Indiana appeared first on Indiana Capital Chronicle.
In this edition: The dream that may or may not come true under the FTC’s new rule, and TFI International wants heavier freight. The post Check Call: Hope for a ban on noncompetes heads to court appeared first on FreightWaves.
Today the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to approve a Final Rule that, absent a successful legal challenge, will ban most noncompete agreements in the United States beginning 120 days after publication in the Federal Register.
Trust is ebbing; job loyalty is tanking; competition is stiffening; interest rates stay high; and AI is putting everyone’s job at risk.so what does the FTC do?
The FTC’s recent decision in favor of a near-total ban of noncompete provisions in employee contracts last week will have seismic positive impacts on workers and the broader economy, writes Terri Gerstein.