On Tuesday, a Federal Judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction preventing the enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission's Regulation that would have banned nearly all non-compete agreements or non-compete clauses in contracts in the United States. The regulation was set to take effect on...
Minimum Wage Increase Effective January 1, 2024, the state minimum wage will increase statewide to $15.00 per hour with a few exceptions. All employers in the state will be required to comply. However, like the federal minimum wage law, which operates as a floor, localities in...
Non-Compete Agreements are everywhere. Most non-competes I see are not only poorly written (a style problem) and probably unenforceable against the employee (a drafting problem). Most employers take a one-size-fits-all approach and have all employees sign the exact same non-compete. Employers wanting employees to sign...
One of the most difficult things for companies looking to have key employees, or any employees, sign a non-compete agreement is that most states have at-will employment. While at-will employment is highly beneficial in terms of labor market movement and the ability for employers to...
One aspect of dealing with creative and service-based industries, as I often do, is that many employers have a non-compete agreement for their employees. I understand the desire and sometimes the need for the agreement. But as a class of agreements, non-compete agreements are among...
One aspect of dealing with creative and service-based industries, as I often do, is that many employers have a non-compete agreement for their employees. I understand the desire and sometimes the need for the agreement. But as a class of agreements, non-compete agreements are among...