The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.

  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
    612·
    1 year ago

    I remember my last job had a Non compete. I was a handy man. Non competes for NBA players and wealthy CEOs, fine. But non compete for just regular people doing regular jobs is crazy. Once I leave my current job, my ex employer should have no say in where I work afterwards.

    • uis@lemm.ee
      31·
      1 year ago

      Non competes for NBA players

      This sounds so stupid. Big sport is dead. Go play chess.

        • uis@lemm.ee
          2·
          1 year ago

          Offended? Why? I’m just saying that if this is true, then “big sport” is more broken than I imagined. And that chess is good sport that does not have such bullshit.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      Executives make some sense because they made deciding the direction of companies, and can take “unfair advantage”.

      Athletes, no. They bring mostly their own talent and effort, and that’s also what they bring to a new team. They are only employable by doing the same thing for someone else, and likely in the same league: literally competing . Non-competes don’t make any more sense for athletes than they do for baristas