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(DIR) Post #ART0EAU0jVW921CHOy by DecaturNature@qoto.org
2023-01-09T12:38:39Z
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Non-compete clauses in employment contracts are socially destructive and should not be enforced by the courts. The USA FTC has proposed a ban on non-compete clauses, and is currently in the 'public comment' phase of the regulation. https://www.npr.org/2023/01/05/1147138052/workers-noncompete-agreements-ftc-lina-khan-ban#labor #rights #USA #politics #jobs #competition @pluralistic
(DIR) Post #ART0lKiHiaZgJfgi5w by DecaturNature@qoto.org
2023-01-09T12:44:40Z
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@pluralistic Public comments have not yet opened, according to the FTC website.https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/federal-register-notices/non-compete-clause-rulemaking@remindme 5 days
(DIR) Post #ART0oXxOvzuOGBI5mi by remindme@mstdn.social
2023-01-09T12:45:13Z
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@DecaturNature Ok, I will remind you on Saturday Jan 14, 2023 at 4:44 AM PST.
(DIR) Post #ARTJ4bY39I6xCpEuo4 by gaffa@twit.social
2023-01-09T16:09:49Z
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@DecaturNature @pluralistic A non-compete clause led to the death of my best friend's husband. He had been selling sporting goods his entire career. The company was bought and his new boss didn't like him. Compelled him to sign a contract with a non-compete, forced him out with a severance package. Unable to work in the only field he knew, he went to work on his brother's lobster boat, died of a massive stroke (not a good idea to take up lobstering at 52.)
(DIR) Post #ARTJavIPGML7idKieG by DecaturNature@qoto.org
2023-01-09T16:15:40Z
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@gaffa @pluralistic That's horrible.
(DIR) Post #ARTKFWUUOOYuezLPQe by gaffa@twit.social
2023-01-09T16:23:00Z
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@DecaturNature @pluralistic I'll encourage my friend to submit something to the FTC site about what happened to her husband.
(DIR) Post #ARTa1GD7iu0xNfRVWi by FeralRobots@mastodon.social
2023-01-09T19:19:42Z
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@DecaturNature @pluralistic Can't tell you how many times I've been told 'just ignore it, noncompetes are unenforceable.'Thing is, they're only "unenforceable" if you can afford to go to court over it. Hardly anybody who's seriously harmed by a noncompete can afford to go to court.
(DIR) Post #ARTr2PXyCAVxqZKNxA by Tbsa@newsie.social
2023-01-09T18:53:41Z
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@gaffa @DecaturNature @pluralistic I’m so sorry.
(DIR) Post #ARTr2Q12S5lbIivbGK by gaffa@twit.social
2023-01-09T22:12:41Z
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@Tbsa @DecaturNature @pluralistic Thank you. But it is a really good example of why this particular legal tool, which benefits the company exclusively, can really destroy somebody's life.
(DIR) Post #ARTr2QU6i11EksWoZU by DecaturNature@qoto.org
2023-01-09T22:30:23Z
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@gaffa @Tbsa @pluralistic The idea that a person can just sign away their right to make a living is horrendous. Enforcement of these agreements is a prime example of a system that is just meant to keep people down -- get them in a bad position where they feel like they have to agree to bad terms, and then they can be locked into that bad position for the rest of their lives (affecting their kids too). It's completely incompatible with the idea that we have inalienable rights to life and liberty.
(DIR) Post #ARTr2Xyqq6lq0Fxxxo by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2023-01-09T22:30:25Z
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@DecaturNature @pluralistic beyond that, they are even anti capitalist (market economies). Feudalism gave way to market economies in part due to the ability of serfs to escape to towns for a year and gain freeman status or because of the black plague a shortage of peasants who could then demand wages from desperate lords. NCC reduce workets to serfdom. Anyone arguing for it is nuts. #WhatCapitalism
(DIR) Post #ARTr94daKnP51a8CXo by Tbsa@newsie.social
2023-01-09T22:31:35Z
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@DecaturNature @gaffa @pluralistic Greed and power is what it’s all about.
(DIR) Post #ARTrzbxjg5m5RFbmdc by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2023-01-09T22:41:05Z
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@DecaturNature @gaffa @Tbsa @pluralistic Contracts for slavery are not enforceable. Just saying
(DIR) Post #ARTs6JSEt9lC424VIe by DecaturNature@qoto.org
2023-01-09T22:42:19Z
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell It's long past time to do the same with contracts for partial slavery as well.
(DIR) Post #ARTuUnTH8edK19MK1o by tofugolem@mastodon.lol
2023-01-09T23:09:08Z
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@DecaturNature @gaffa @Tbsa @pluralistic There are some contract terms that are unenforceable, as Ghost & Decatur already mentioned.We need to expand the list of terms.
(DIR) Post #ARU7SCurNSWTT8MC1Y by ShadSterling@mastodon.social
2023-01-10T01:34:20Z
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@DecaturNature @pluralistic the way to make noncompetes (almost) acceptable is to have them come with a salary for their duration, and automatically end if & when the salary isn’t paid
(DIR) Post #ARdNI6wivv00eL7dQ0 by remindme@mstdn.social
2023-01-14T12:44:11Z
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@DecaturNature Here is your reminder!
(DIR) Post #ARdadQUEmAD4jsIAPQ by DecaturNature@qoto.org
2023-01-14T15:13:43Z
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Comments are now open on the FTC proposal to ban non-compete clauses.https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/federal-register-notices/non-compete-clause-rulemaking