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IN SB0348
Bill
AI Summary
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Prohibits employers from requiring employees or prospective employees earning $15/hour or less to sign non-compete agreements
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Bars enforcement of non-compete clauses against former employees who earned $15/hour or less at the time of separation, regardless of circumstances of departure
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Restricted non-compete provisions include: time-based restrictions on working for other employers, geographic limitations, and prohibitions on performing similar work
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Declares any non-compete contract violating these provisions void and contrary to public policy
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Covenants not to compete. Provides that an employer may not require that an employee or a prospective employee whose earnings do not exceed $15 an hour sign a covenant not to compete for any period of time after the termination of employment with the employer. Provides that an employer may not enforce a covenant not to compete, if at the time the employee left employment, the employee's earnings did not exceed $15 an hour.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
1/8/2019