Request for Information Regarding Employee Noncompete Agreements

21 organizations filed 22 public comments on Request for Information Regarding Employee Noncompete Agreements, at the Federal Trade Commission. The comment window closed 267d ago.

Abstract

The Federal Trade Commission invites public comment to better understand the scope, prevalence, and effects of employer noncompete agreements, as well as to gather information to inform possible future enforcement actions. FTC staff has reviewed significant evidence indicating that these restraints can unjustifiably prevent workers from moving to better jobs, impede new business formation, prevent the shift of labor from over-served to under-served markets, and harm rival employers’ ability to fairly compete. This leads to lower worker earnings, lost innovation, higher consumer prices, and overall negative effects on workers’ or consumers’ quality of life. Given the private nature of employment contracts, FTC staff seeks to understand which specific employers continue to impose noncompete agreements to inform the Commission’s ongoing law enforcement and public advocacy efforts. FTC staff encourages members of the public, including current and former employees restricted by noncompete agreements, employers facing hiring difficulties due to a rival’s non-compete agreements, and market participants in the healthcare sector in particular, to share information about the use of noncompete agreements

Commenters (21)

• Citizens' Council for Health Freedomtrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• American Association of Clinical Urologiststrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• American Hospital Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Association of Women in Rheumatologytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Business Roundtabletrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• CHRO Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Cremation and Funeral Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Federation of American Hospitalstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• FMI - The Food Industry Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Healthcare Leadership Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• International Franchise Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• National Pest Management Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Retail Federationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• National Sporting Goods Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Pennsylvania Medical Societytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Retail Industry Leaders Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Securities Industry & Financial Markets Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventionstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Veeva Systems Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%