Noncompete Agreements

New and Updated

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: New York

  Updated to reflect retaliation protections under the forthcoming Warehouse Worker Protection Act.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employment Contracts and Restrictive Covenants: Federal

  Updated to reflect an NLRB ruling prohibiting the inclusion of confidentiality and nondisparagement agreements that restrict employees' rights to engage in protected concerted activity within separation agreements.

• Date:

  January 5, 2023

  Type:

  News

  FTC Intends to Ban Noncompete Agreements

  The Federal Trade Commission estimated that banning noncompete agreements would increase workers' total earnings by $250 to $296 billion per year.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employment Contracts and Restrictive Covenants: Oregon

  Updated to reflect amendments to the Oregon Workplace Fairness Act, effective January 1, 2023.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employment Contracts and Restrictive Covenants: Washington

  Updated to reflect the 2023 annual inflation adjustment to the noncompete agreement salary requirement.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Washington Noncompetition Enforceability Thresholds Increase for 2023

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  District of Columbia Noncompete Agreements Ban Amendments Take Effect

• Date:

  September 29, 2022

  Type:

  News

  DC Implements Its Long-Delayed Noncompete Ban After Making Amendments

  The District of Columbia will implement its restrictions against the use of noncompete agreements beginning October 1, following delays to allow for amendments to be enacted.

• Type:

  50-State Charts

  Noncompete Laws by State

  Updated to reflect noncompete restrictions in the District of Columbia, effective September 21, 2022.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Delaware

  Updated to reflect anti-retaliation protections in the forthcoming Healthy Delaware Families Act.