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 Commission (FTC) has published a controversial proposed rule that would largely ban noncompete agreements.
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.