Computerworld May 8, 2024
A variety of emerging work trends could combine to help employees gain an edge in the corporate world. The latest puzzle piece is a recent decision by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban non-compete agreements.
Disagreements among workers and employers over return-to-office mandates, remote and hybrid work, higher pay, resignations, and layoffs are likely to become supercharged again. That is, if the FTC’s April 23 move to strike down most existing and future non-compete agreements takes effect in August or early September.
Once freed from their post-employment non-compete shackles, millions of workers could launch their own businesses or interview with competing companies – negotiating higher salaries and winning new perks and freedoms along the way. Non-competes effectively prevent salaries...