As Noncompete Agreement Use Expands, Backlash Grows
Noncompete agreements are becoming boilerplate in employment contracts, and for employees, there’s nothing good about them, writes Patrick Thibodeau in ComputerWorld. He writes that these agreements create enormous uncertainty about future job options and worry about launching a new business, and their use is spurring legislative fights in leading tech-industry states.
He refers to one recent survey, with more than 11,500 respondents, that was conducted by three law professors. That survey found that about one in five workers have signed noncompete agreements.The report also looks at legislation in several states that could address the use of the agreements.