Workforce and criminal justice leaders from across West Virginia will join forces next week for a screening of the documentary “Being Free,” from producers of the award-winning PBS series, "Roadtrip Nation." The film, which follows the journey of three formerly incarcerated people on the search for careers after prison, will be followed by an interactive panel discussion at Charleston’s Capitol Theater on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
"FTC bans noncompete clauses for U.S. workers, leading to lawsuits from U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups. Physicians divided on impact."
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country's largest business lobby, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to strike down a federal agency's near-total ban on employers requiring workers to sign agreements not to join rivals or launch competing businesses. The Chamber's lawsuit in federal court in Tyler, Texas, alleges that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission lacks the power to adopt sweeping rules such as the ban on so-called noncompete agreements released on Tuesday, which is set to take effect in August. The FTC is empowered by federal law to enforce existing antitrust laws passed by Congress, but not to enact rules determining what other type of conduct by businesses is anticompetitive, the Chamber said in the lawsuit.