Employers across the US will soon be prohibited from entering or enforcing noncompete clauses under a new final rule approved by the Federal Trade Commission.
Effective January 1, 2024, two new laws - SB 699 and AB 1076 - will bolster California's already-considerable limitations on the use of noncompete agreements.
An analysis of noncompete laws nationwide identifies several categories of employees that states often protect from the use of noncompetes, as well as other categories that the states usually do not.