Federal Trade Commission FTC Proposed Rule to ban noncompetes nationwide. Noncompetes are an often exploitative practice where employers limit employee ability to compete with them. Studies show noncompetes suppress wages, hamper innovation, block entrepreneurship.
A Massachusetts Federal District Court has held that an employer’s garden leave payments to a former employee pursuant to a non-compete provision are not considered “wages” under the.
The District of Massachusetts recently held that garden leave payments, whereby a former employee subject to a restrictive covenant is paid by the former employer for the duration of.