On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:52:35 -0400 Jerry Feldman <gaf.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/15/2018 09:20 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:18:19 -0400 > > Jerry Feldman <gaf.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Having been a contractor I routinely signed a non-competition. A > >> friend of mine was sued by his contract agency. He won the law > >> suit. > > How much did it cost him, and how long did it take? > > More than it was worth. That's the point I was trying to make. The mere existence of a signed non-compete has a chilling effect on employee mobility, hence employee wages, because we all know that typically the only way to get a significant raise is to switch employers. Non-compete is just one more employer tool to create a cheap, supplicant workforce. That's why California has banned non-compete in all instances except regarding the former owner in the sale of a business. I wish everyone would ask, ahead of time, to read all employment papers they're required to sign, and before resigning their old position, walk away from anyone trying to ram non-compete down their throats. The way employers get away with this stuff is most people sign stuff without reading it, and also, by the time they're presented with the non-compete, they've resigned their old job. SteveT Steve Litt September 2018 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
