Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Non-compete agreements may all but disappear from the Washington, D.C. employment landscape in 2021. On December 15, 2020, the District of Columbia Council voted 12-0 to approve the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (B23-0494) (the “Bill”), which would prohibit the use and enforcement of non-compete agreements for all employees except certain highly paid physicians. If enacted into law, Washington, D.C. will have adopted a much stricter policy than several other states that have recently restricted the use of non-compete agreements including its neighbors Maryland and Virginia. The Bill is currently awaiting approval by the Mayor before, absent a veto, it is sent to Congress for the required 30-days of session Congressional review period.
Monday, December 21, 2020
On December 15, 2020, the District of Columbia Council unanimously passed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020, under which the District of Columbia joins California and a small handful of jurisdictions across the country that have prohibited the enforcement of covenants not to compete.
The new law began as an effort to limit the enforcement of non-compete agreements against low wage employees, but on December 1, 2020 was amended to prohibit non-competes against all virtually all employees who perform work in D.C. The primary exception to the prohibition is for “medical specialists,” defined as licensed physicians who have completed a medical residency and are paid at least $250,000 per year. Non-compete agreements may continue to be enforced against medical specialists, so long as certain procedural requirements are followed prior to the agreement’s execution. In addition, non-compete agreements entered by the sell
Updated on December 15, 2020 at 6:31 pm
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The District of Columbia Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a permanent version of the Sanctuary Values Act, legislation that restricts cooperation between local agencies and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and strengthens the status of the U.S. capital as a sanctuary city.
Just over a year ago, the government body had passed an emergency version of this law, but it was only a temporary measure. VICTORY
After years of tireless organizing, @ICEOutOfDC WON the #SanctuaryValuesAct today!
This is a groundbreaking new policy that stops DC agencies from working with ICE, and protects our communities from getting transferred to ICE at DC courts. pic.twitter.com/nGML3HpI4u United We Dream (@UNITEDWEDREAM) December 15, 2020
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HERE’S WHAT WE CAN SAY at this early hour. If you are gambling or setting odds, there’s a damn good chance that there will be a stimulus deal reached. It could be reached today maybe! Theoretically! given that: Friday is the government funding deadline, all the leaders agree a Covid relief deal should be paired with government funding, they have said they won’t leave town until a Covid deal is notched and passed,
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The District of Columbia Council approved a measure that would allow people who committed crimes in their youth to apply for a chance to have their sentences reduced.
The bill, which passed on Tuesday, would allow judges to decide whether offenders who were younger than 25 at the time of when they committed a crime and have served at least 15 years would be deserving of an early prison release.
Critics of the legislation argue it would let hundreds of violent criminals back into society, but supporters say it would boost the criminal justice system, citing research that says offenders who commit crimes in their late teens and early 20s lack complete brain maturity and deserve more lenient treatment, according to a report by the