FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses for Workers

WSJ ^ | 05-JAN-2023 | Dave Michaels

[AAABEST]

Gee, we have laws for enforcing and resolving contracts... it’s even a vital function of government and the courts.

So this is your first day living in western civilization?

[BobL]

“but I find it ludicrous that a Federal agency would have any say in the matter at all.”

Yep...but I would agree with the Brandon Administration that the BEST WAY to compromise US intellectual property (to help China and Russia) would be to end non-compete clauses.

[Manuel OKelley]

I’d prefer these things were handled in private civil courts but that’s probably a stretch right now

That said, me of the the very few legitimate functions of government is to assist in providing a framework for enforcing contracts

[Manuel OKelley]

I’d be real curious to see where many people on this thread wind up on this

I’m guessing it’s not going to be where they think they would be

https://www.politicalcompass.org/test

[FlipWilson]

Quote: “ Which is a completely inconsequential objection.”

100% inconsequential, but I just couldn’t stop thinking about any episodes where the replicators were handheld. It would have come in handy. All those times Kirk had his communicator seized he could have just cranked out a new one, beamed up and rained fire down upon the heathens.

[MeganC]

Hey, if you don’t like government interference then don’t ask for government interference.

[MeganC]

Well, looks like the government is providing a framework for what kind of contracts they’ll enforce.

[MeganC]

I’m firmly in the upper right quadrant of the chart. I’m not surprised.

[Alberta's Child]

But you all want the government to help enforce it, don’t you?

This must be a joke. Enforcing contracts through courts and a legal system is one of the primary purposes if even having a government in the first place.

Would you rather have militias and organized crime families enforce them?

[MeganC]

Just saying that if you expect government to get involved then you don’t get to dictate what that involvement looks like.

[Alberta's Child]

There’s a huge difference between having the government involved through a legal system to adjudicate disputes, and having the government involved as an intrusive party interfering in a contract between an employer and employee.

[MeganC]

“There’s a huge difference between having the government involved through a legal system to adjudicate disputes, and having the government involved as an intrusive party interfering in a contract between an employer and employee.”

Sorry, no. If you want government involved then they’re involved and they get to determine their level of involvement, not you.

That’s why so much business in my part of the world is still conducted with a handshake.

In any case I am still strongly opposed to these non-compete clauses that prevent people from working in their chosen career after their employment has ended.

A person could be forced out of a job due to hostile or malicious management and the managers can then use the legal system to continue their oppression by forcing the person to remain unemployed.

Here’s a perfect case of this:

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-01-24/wisconsin-hospital-sued-workers-for-quitting-thedacare#:~:text=It‘s%20hardly%20a%20secret%20that,taking%20posts%20at%20another%20hospital.