Austin attorney shares warning to workers about ban on noncompete clauses

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[Khorvalar]

Noncompete's never should've been legal in the first place.

[davidcarp]

Keep customers by providing good services and products. Everyone has a right to 'shop around', companies included. Competition is just that, deal with it.

[xfiles]

If you aren't paying me any more then you shouldn't be able to tell me what to do.

[FarmerRiddick]

Noncompete clauses are a modern form of obliging one to be an indentured servant. A "lighter" form of slavery.
The "masters" are of course, going to challenge the FTC.

[joshuam]

My nephew had to sign a noncompete while he worked at a carwash... yeah these companies abuse the heck out of non-competes.

[bonesandbells]

Employment contacts have gone way too far in non-competes and intellectual property. Hopefully companies will get more than a slap on the wrist like the Silicon Valley companies received when the colluded with each other to limit employees from switching companies to keep salaries down. Also, I've been forced multiple times to push back on employment contracts in IT that were so broadly worded that if I wrote a fiction book in my spare time, the company would own it.

[WillowEtain]

Can we all agree Citizens United should be over turned so we can take our country back from corporations???

[billballeza]

Non compete codicils were originally meant to prevent certain workers from taking clients and clients lists from one company to another competing company. Car salesmen is one example. But companies began exploiting non compete clauses to keep high performing employees from leaving. Most non competes of six months have been upheld but those that kept employees out of work at competing firms for one year or longer are generally unenforceable. Even so, most companies don’t want to fight restraining orders because of the time and expense involved in litigation. Eliminating non-compete clauses is great for workers but not so great for companies and industries that rely on keeping customers and, in the case of broadcasters, audiences.

[windmolenfarm]

As a Physician, I got screwed out of a good job by a Non Compete Clause once and thereafter I Lined out and initialed the change in every contract I signed before I sent it back to the Employer. I never lost a job by doing this and never had a problem after that. I don't know if they just didn't notice my change to the contract or if they really didn't care, but I never had any restriction on changing jobs after that.

[crinklecut]

This one will ultimately be decided at SCOTUS. There’s just too much money involved for it not to be.

[dontgetsore]

I have a $15k increase opportunity with another employer that I can't pursue due to a non-compete. Can't wait for this to go into effect.

[BufordDuckworth]

Companies will spend billions to fight a law that says they can't treat us like slaves, but they say they're broke when it's time for raises.

[dhoffman]

Congress needs to codify laws against noncompete agreements.

[bvrsqzr]

I believe someone should be free to move on. However, this seems like what government agencies always do. Such as tbe cdc or atf. They do not have the authority to make or change laws. And they try all the time.

[curtg]

The entities that are filing the lawsuits against the FTC are well connected and very wealthy.They OWN your politicians and judges so don’t expect this new ruling to stand.The supreme court is also dominated by pro-business lobbyists who will never have the working class’ best interests at heart.

[amyturpen]

States with *right to work* laws that give employers unrestricted right to fire employees with no notice and for no reason, defending the same employers who impose *non-compete contracts* to trap employees in what amounts to virtual servitude conditions.

[brianwestmoreland]

Non competed are banned, however non solicitation or customer stealing via direct or in directs js enforceable still

[eligebrown]

If you don't want your employee to leave for better pay, etc then maybe you should pay up or treat them better

[gngzvnb]

Land of Freedom & Non-Compete law are Oxymorons.

[JoeWayne]

As far as I have seen Non Competes don’t hold up in court