FTC bans noncompete clauses

Fairly big deal / welcome news in my field (Medicine) as NCC’s are a tool that hospitals and other employers of physicians would use to lock a physician into working for them and nobody else in a xx mile radius. I’ve only been following this saga in passing, but I’m sure they’ll be getting to work on finding loopholes. Curious to hear others’ thoughts re: other industries.

Click here for link at https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/

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Learned something new here today - sprack 2024-04-24 12:40:28
for those that want to discus the politics of this - fontoknow 2024-04-24 11:52:38
- It's already political - Molly Maguires 2024-04-24 15:02:12
Apparently it does not apply to not for profits. - IAND75 2024-04-24 09:20:28
- The AHA is also pushing for it to exclude physicians * - carroll2005 2024-04-24 11:07:25
  - Bless their pointy little heads. Those of the AHA, that is. * - Grace91 2024-04-24 11:08:25
- If true that seems like a large oversight. I believe that it - Grace91 2024-04-24 09:29:01
  - The reason given was that the FTC does not have authority - IAND75 2024-04-24 10:23:01
Good. They are awful, and routinely abused. - Grace91 2024-04-24 08:48:41
had a lot of clients get hamstrung on this over the years - jt 2024-04-23 22:27:36
This new rule, new Title IX and new OT payroll rules - Raoul 2024-04-23 20:36:56
- It’s an election year, don’t forget. The new OT rules are - domerfromkansas 2024-04-23 21:16:03
  - They make fine sense to me. Around $27 an hour equivalent - airborneirish 2024-04-23 21:38:22
It’s been the law in California for 150 years. - Kali4niaND 2024-04-23 20:34:16
- Yes and no - catripledomer 2024-04-24 10:38:36
  - As I understand this new rule, it does not apply to M&A - Dutch 2024-04-24 12:50:20
    - Hopefully M&A is excluded - catripledomer 2024-04-24 17:32:58
  - Some tech fields are tricky - SixShutouts66 2024-04-24 11:59:14
It's likely to be ruled unconstitutional. * - novusordo0205 2024-04-23 20:27:10
- Maybe on a limited as-applied basis - ndtnguy 2024-04-23 20:33:40
  - I wouldn't go that far. - novusordo0205 2024-04-23 20:39:34
    - As font & Keough point out ... - ndtnguy 2024-04-24 09:37:44
      - Thanks - novusordo0205 2024-04-24 12:07:25
    - Striking down on major questions doctrine - fontoknow 2024-04-23 22:43:28
    - Yes, I think there's a distinct possibility that it would - KeoughCharles05 2024-04-23 21:37:58
Too late for me, but thank God. - IAND75 2024-04-23 20:00:53
Definitely a big deal - ndtnguy 2024-04-23 19:45:08
Good deal for all fields - OrangeJubilee 2024-04-23 19:30:02
Definitely a big deal - KeoughCharles05 2024-04-23 19:01:02
dang - Balthrop 2024-04-23 18:52:38
- “They can read” - goirish89 2024-04-24 15:45:44
- They can read, but can not effect change. - Ndwahoo 2024-04-23 22:49:06
- Yikes - mwalsh 2024-04-23 20:36:06
  - Did he/she sell a practice and that was part of the - Raoul 2024-04-23 20:44:58
    - Other than a non-compete imposed on the business owner - mwalsh 2024-04-23 23:16:38
      - Some sales roles - ndtnguy 2024-04-24 09:53:25
        When the company relies on the magnetism of one person - KeoughCharles05 2024-04-24 11:08:15
        In the latter case - ndtnguy 2024-04-24 11:20:20
        Sure, my point is that the interest in the company - KeoughCharles05 2024-04-24 11:47:30
        That's not really the case - ndtnguy 2024-04-24 11:57:09
        Repeating what was said elsewhere in the thread, pay less - Grace91 2024-04-24 11:28:21
        That's a fairly odd understanding of contract negotiations - ndtnguy 2024-04-24 11:59:29
        Obviously I am not an attorney. I have however been impacted - Grace91 2024-04-24 12:58:53
        Nothing is preventing the employer from incentivizing the - Grace91 2024-04-24 10:22:31
        how much company resources were used... - flapjack 2024-04-24 10:49:20
        The problem is that businesses have, can, and will continue - Grace91 2024-04-24 11:06:09
      - Another legitimate case could be in the event of training - KeoughCharles05 2024-04-23 23:56:36
        That exception seems subject to being too broadly applied - mwalsh 2024-04-24 00:29:35
        Certainly - KeoughCharles05 2024-04-24 10:56:25
    - The rule allows existing non-competes to remain for - KeoughCharles05 2024-04-23 21:37:01
      - Correct. The go forward no exceptions is problematic. - Raoul 2024-04-23 22:34:04
    - Agreed. You can’t on one hand want max dollars to sell - HENNAORNO 2024-04-23 21:05:45
      - Subway was making minimum wage workers sign them - starburns 2024-04-24 10:33:31
        Well they are sandwich making artists - HENNAORNO 2024-04-24 11:24:28
      - An excellent reason to have payouts - Ndwahoo 2024-04-23 23:03:01
- I own my own hospital, and still practice Emergency Medicine - dignan 2024-04-23 20:09:45
- NCC have been overused in medicine - vermin05 2024-04-23 19:04:55
  - Not only salaries, but also innovation - fontoknow 2024-04-23 19:14:18
    - Most doctors want the power to do what’s best for their - frosh 2024-04-23 20:53:26
    - 👀 * - Balthrop 2024-04-23 19:32:46