{"id":731,"date":"2015-07-13T13:48:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T13:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bfvlaw.com\/will-congress-restrict-non-competes\/"},"modified":"2015-07-13T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T13:48:43","slug":"will-congress-restrict-non-competes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bfvlaw.com\/will-congress-restrict-non-competes\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Congress Restrict Non-Competes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

During this past year, there has been some negative publicity regarding non-competes that are imposed on low wage workers by large employers. See, e.g., previous blog entry on this subject<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0 Perhaps because of that publicity and other incidents involving overuse of non-competes, several Senators have introduced the \u201cMobility and Opportunity for Vulnerable Employees Act\u201d (the \u201cMOVE Act\u201d), S. 1504.<\/p>\n

The Act has two primary components.\u00a0 The Act would make it illegal to impose non-competes on \u201clow wage employees.\u201d\u00a0 These employees are generally defined as those earning less than $15.00 per hour (or minimum wage, if higher) or an annual salary of $31,200.\u00a0 Second, for all other employees working in interstate commerce, the law would require employers to disclose that they will require a non-compete restriction early in the job search process.\u00a0 The proposed Act says that such disclosure should be \u201cat the beginning of the process for hiring such employee.\u201d\u00a0 Violations of the Act would be enforced by the Department of Labor.<\/p>\n

It is hard to say whether this bill will get any traction in Congress.\u00a0 The bill has been read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.\u00a0 We will keep you posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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