Daily Document Update: HR Compliance Library, ?46,493, AG coalition urges FTC to ban noncompetes in employment contracts nationwide — FEDERAL NEWS, (Nov. 20, 2019)

摘要

A coalition of 19 attorneys general is urging the Federal Trade Commission in a letter sent November 15 to protect workers by banning noncompete agreements in employment contracts nationwide. In the letter, the coalition urges the FTC to promulgate a regulation prohibiting the use of noncompete provisions, which can prevent employees from seeking better pay and benefits by going to work for a competitor. Rulemaking sought. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led the coalition asking for FTC rulemaking to classify noncompete clauses in employment contracts as an unfair method of competition and per se illegal for low-wage workers. In the letter, Attorney General Ellison and the coalition highlight the damage these clauses do to workers, other businesses, and the economy.