Politico April 22, 2024
NONCOMPETE POWER PLAY — The Federal Trade Commission is expected to vote tomorrow on issuing a rule that would prevent employers, including in the health care sector, from enforcing most noncompete agreements.
The FTC has argued that such clauses stifle wages and innovation by making it harder for workers to change jobs and bring new ideas to other companies. The commission proposed the ban in January 2023 and received more than 26,000 comments from the public.
FTC Chair Lina Khan has said freedom to change jobs is key to “economic liberty” and “a competitive, thriving economy.”
Erin C. Fuse Brown, director of the Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State University, told Pulse that banning such agreements would...
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