Labor/Employment,
Government
Mar. 13, 2020
Becerra joins other AGs in requesting FTC nationwide non-compete ban
Non-compete provisions, which prevent employees from working for their employer’s competitor or starting a similar trade, inhibit wage growth, reduce competition, and harm consumers, according to a letter signed by several attorneys general and submitted Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission.
In a bid to compel the federal government to match California’s employee-friendly labor rules, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra urged the Federal Trade Commission Thursday to enforce a nationwide ban on non-compete provisions in employment contracts.
A letter submitted in response to the FTC’s request for comment after a January workshop on non-compete contracts in the workplace, laid out arguments for a nationwide ban. The le...
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