The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
    22·
    7 months ago

    Is it controversial? The only support I’ve heard for them comes from corps, sleazy executives looking to control their employees. Everyone else is like”meh, clearly unfair and should be illegal but I can’t do anything about it and still have a job”

    • Jojo, Lady of the West
      4·
      7 months ago

      From the article it’s getting very heavily opposed by the chamber of commerce, so

      Maybe not controversial among, like, people, but

      • hangonasecond@lemmy.world
        6·
        7 months ago

        Another commenter in this thread noted that the chamber of commerce is just a right wing lobby group, completely separate to the department of commerce. Not sure if you know that already, but I think it basically aligns to the view of the comment you replied to.

        • Jojo, Lady of the West
          2·
          7 months ago

          Yeah. Mine did too, in that they’re not, like, people. But it’s controversial as far as lawmakers and judges go

          • hangonasecond@lemmy.world
            2·
            7 months ago

            I think my point was that the chamber of commerce are not lawmakers or judges, but people representing corporate interests