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HR Alert: Non-Competes Live On. . . For Now

Written by Lisa Coppola on August 21, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

The Texas court we wrote about here has now ruled. Its ruling comes as no surprise to those of us who’ve been watching. The ruling: the FTC’s ban on non-competes is blocked. We know this final rule was scheduled...

HR Alert: An Uncertain Future for the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule

Written by Lisa Coppola on August 1, 2024. Posted in Business, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

A few months ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a regulation that banned virtually all non-compete agreements in the United States. It seemed as though a new era had dawned for employers and employees alike....

HR Alert: FTC Announces Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements

Written by Lisa Coppola on April 26, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Big news this week for employers and other businesses out there. On April 23, 2024 the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule banning essentially all non-compete agreements between employers and employees nationwide....

HR Alert: New York’s proposed ban of non-compete agreements – what does it mean?

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 20, 2023. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

The New York Assembly recently passed a bill to entirely ban the use of non-compete agreements. The bill seemingly was introduced in response to the FTC’s proposed rule regarding non-compete agreements that was released in...

HR Alert: Beware of Employment Scams

Written by Lisa Coppola on March 14, 2023. Posted in Business, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

These days, employers need to be vigilant for potential scams. The Better Business Bureau states that in 2022, employment scams increased by almost 25 percent! What’s even worse is the money lost from these scams jumped 66.7%...

HR Alert: Proposed FTC Rule Prohibits Non-Competes

Written by Lisa Coppola on January 6, 2023. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Health Care.

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) made a splash yesterday, January 5, 2023, when it announced proposed rulemaking to eviscerate non-compete clauses in business. A non-compete clause is an agreement between a business and...

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HR Alert: Biden’s Executive Order Targets Noncompetes

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 26, 2021. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Most people are aware that noncompetes prevent employees from working for competitors in specified geographic areas for specified amounts of time. But noncompetes as we know them may be changing. On July 9, 2021, President...

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