After speaking out about non-compete agreements in May, Vice President Bidensaid he heard horror stories.
A Nebraska teacher who couldn’t take a summer job selling pet food; a 56-year-old Connecticut salesman who had to eat through his retirement savings for two years; a North Carolina doctor who couldn’t continue to practice medicine in the same city.
Now, the White House is calling for a crackdown on non-compete clauses and other employment practices that it says unfairly limit the ability of workers to jump from one company to another.
“Folks, no one should have to sit on the sidelines because of an unnecessary non-compete agreement,” Biden said in a statement Tuesday. “We have the most dynamic, productive workers in the world, but they can’t reach their true potential without freedom to negotiate for a higher wage with a new company, or to find another job after they’ve been laid off.”
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