[Discuss] OT - new legislation limiting use of "non-competition agreements"

[Steve Litt]

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:52:35 -0400
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 08/15/2018 09:20 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:18:19 -0400
> > Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> Having been a contractor I routinely signed a non-competition. A
> >> friend of mine was sued by his contract agency. He won the law
> >> suit.  
> > How much did it cost him, and how long did it take?  
> 
> More than it was worth.

That's the point I was trying to make. The mere existence of a signed
non-compete has a chilling effect on employee mobility, hence employee
wages, because we all know that typically the only way to get a
significant raise is to switch employers. Non-compete is just one more
employer tool to create a cheap, supplicant workforce. That's why
California has banned non-compete in all instances except regarding
the former owner in the sale of a business.

I wish everyone would ask, ahead of time, to read all employment papers
they're required to sign, and before resigning their old position, walk
away from anyone trying to ram non-compete down their throats. The way
employers get away with this stuff is most people sign stuff without
reading it, and also, by the time they're presented with the
non-compete, they've resigned their old job.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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