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0 pointsno_wizard2y ago0 comments

Non competes are everywhere. Famous case with Prudential Security[0] where they had everyone sign non competes, that includes minimum wage workers, and they enforced them, which put an outsized strain on the minimum wage workers in particular.

Its a harmful practice across the board.

[0]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noncompete-agreement-feds-sue-3...

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Animats2y ago

That's the motivation behind this rule. About one in six food outlets were demanding non-compete terms in employment, to prevent their employees from quitting to work for higher-paying outlets.[1] (Not McD and Burger King; mostly the smaller ones.)

[1] https://thecounter.org/biden-targeting-non-compete-agreement...

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Animats2y ago

[1] https://thecounter.org/biden-targeting-non-compete-agreement...

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