Noncompete ban BLOCKED by federal judge

A federal judge in Texas just blocked a rule that would have banned noncompete employment contracts nationwide. This rule was set to take effect in early September. But now – it won't. This video explains why the judge said the rule was illegal and what it means for you if you currently have a noncompete or if you're asked to sign a new one.

[Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke]

Hi, this decision, I am also disagreeing with.

[GrimAsythes]

It's always a Judge in Texas, what is there name....

[mxmark]

Been held hostage at my job! Stuck with low pay can't move to other companies for more money complete bullshit

[Sedmo_]

Hi, I am also disagreeing with this decision

[josephm]

Time for Kamala and a Democrat Congress to pass legislation in February 2025

[p.g.mcfinnigan]

I think they need to make more non-compete legislation rather than broadly approving or denying the law. People very obviously are abusing the law right now, to the detriment of the economy. But, there are some industries where people would be essentially training their competition if the laws didn't exist, which is stupid.

A better option would be eliminating the most common abuses of the contract, while keeping contracts in technical fields where training and inside information matter, because that protects the companies.

I think it's especially true because a lot of the companies that "steal" people just have them train someone cheaper, then fire them anyway once they have someone cheaper who can do the job.

Like when Disney abused the H-1b visa system, had a lot of Indians come in, fired most of their employees and had the few remaining ones essentially train their own replacements.

Companies have no problem stealing talent then fucking them over, and on top of that they're able to steal inside information from other companies without non-disclosure agreements.

So both sides have a point. If I were forced to pick one, I would say keep the agreements.