Rojgar Job News

It’s been a while since I talked about federal employment law legislation — in part because nothing ever seems to pass Congress nowadays.  It wasn’t that long ago, that Congress passed the ADA Amendments Act (10+ years).  But it feels like a lot longer than that. So enter Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy.  Last Friday, he held a news conference to push a new bill that he is co-sponsoring with Republican Senator Todd Young of Indiana. The bill – according to press reports — would ban non-competes everywhere.  While the Congressional website on bills doesn’t yet have it up, I did find a copy here. According the Senators, the bill would do the following: Narrow the use of non-compete agreements to include only necessary instances of a dissolution of a partnership or the sale of a business. Place the enforcement responsibility on the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Labor, as well as a private right of action. Requir...