The rule makes it illegal to include the agreements in employment contracts and requires firms with active noncompete agreements to inform workers they are void.
While I disagree entirely with the concept of a non-compete, I can sort of understand the logic for employees who work with trade secrets and intellectual property. The only logic behind a non-compete for a hospital or any other service industry business is “fuck you”.
Part of the reason that Silicon Valley became so big instead of some place like Boston on the east coast is that California has always banned non compete clauses for workers. This allowed for more cross talk for the workers in the area and everyone was better for it.
While I disagree entirely with the concept of a non-compete, I can sort of understand the logic for employees who work with trade secrets and intellectual property. The only logic behind a non-compete for a hospital or any other service industry business is “fuck you”.
I’m glad it kinda worked out for you tho.
Part of the reason that Silicon Valley became so big instead of some place like Boston on the east coast is that California has always banned non compete clauses for workers. This allowed for more cross talk for the workers in the area and everyone was better for it.
California only banned this in the past few years.
Stealing IP has always been, and will remain, illegal though. Non competes in general were always solely for businesses and detrimental to workers.
Aren’t NDAs made for that?