Senator Louis Blessing, III, Republican, and William DeMora, Democrat have introduced Senate Bill 11 which seeks to ban employers from requiring their employees to adhere to non-competes and certain stay or pay provisions. ...more
2/13/2025
/ Employee Rights ,
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Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State Labor Laws
NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 25-01 on October 7, 2024, announcing her goal to remedy the alleged harmful effects she views inherent to overly broad non-compete and stay-or-pay provisions by...more
A Texas federal court has struck down the FTC’s proposed nationwide ban on non-compete agreements, just weeks before it was set to take effect. This decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more
The effective date of the FTC’s Final Rule prohibiting non-compete agreements quickly approaches, yet there is still no definitive resolution as to whether it is constitutional. Nor has there been any preliminary injunction...more
FTC RULE BANS NON-COMPETE CLAUSES FOR NON-SENIOR EMPLOYEES -
Non-compete clauses have long been a contentious issue in employment agreements, with concerns raised about their potential to stifle competition and limit...more
New York may join several other states that have essentially banned post-employment non-compete agreements, including California, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oklahoma. Governor Kathy Hochul is considering a bill that was...more
Last month we published an article on the NLRB’s decision in McLaren Macomb Hospital where the Board reversed course on the NLRB’s prior position on interpreting severance agreements under Section 7 of the NLRA. In McLaren,...more
4/5/2023
/ Confidentiality Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
New Guidance ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Section 7 ,
Separation Agreement ,
Severance Agreements
THE MCLAREN RULING -
Just when employers thought the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed rule banning non-competes in employment agreements was confounding, employers are now faced with a new paradigm...more
3/3/2023
/ Confidentiality Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Section 7 ,
Severance Agreements ,
Unions
On Jan.5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a proposed rule that would effectively ban the use of non-compete agreements in employment contracts and preempt all state laws that provide less protection to...more
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published the Non-Compete Clause Rulemaking, a proposed rule that would prohibit the use of non-compete agreements and preempt all state laws that provide less protection to...more