New General Accountability Office Report Is Critical of Noncompete Agreements

A report released last month by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that noncompete agreements tend to reduce workers’ pay by impairing their ability to change jobs or bargain for higher wages with their employer. The report, which a group of U.S. Senators requested more than four years ago, comes at the same time that the U.S. Federal Trade...

CWC Comments to FTC Urge Withdrawal of Controversial Non-Compete Proposal

Our affiliated non-profit association, the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) filed written comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the agency to withdraw its proposed rule that, if implemented, effectively would ban non-compete agreements between most employers and their employees. Because the agency appears committed to moving forward, however, we also recommended ways to narrow the ban’s scope, such...