Why Non-Compete Agreements Can No Longer Derail Your Career
New legislation could make your non-compete obsolete in the near future.
Bossed Up · Emilie Aries
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Show Notes
How has your life been affected by a non-compete agreement? Whether you’re painfully familiar with these contract clauses, know someone who is, or just think our free market could be more free, the recent news that non-compete agreements are on their way out the door should give you a boost.
Those who have been boxed in by an employer’s non-compete agreement are absolutely not alone—they are baked into around 30 million Americans’ employment contracts. In this episode and blog post, I break down where non-competes came from, the issues they cause, and explore what a future without them might look like.
Find out what a world without non-compete agreements might look like:
- What are they are and how they constrain employees;
- The widespread impact of these contracts;
- How will these changes affect the labor market;
- How will employers protect their intellectual property from now on?
Related Links:
- Statistics from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2023/new-data-on-non-compete-contracts-and-what-they-mean-for-workers
- New York Times “The Great American Labor Trap” - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/opinion/ftc-noncompete-clause-rule.html
- Jon Stewart’s interview with Lina Khan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDTiWaYfcM
- HIRED: my Job Search Accelerator - https://www.bossedup.org/gethired
- Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
- Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/
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