LaborSpeak: Two Minutes on the FTC’s Proposed Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

In this installment of LaborSpeak, we discuss Attorney General Pamela Bondi’s memo setting forth the Department of Justice’s plan to investigate, eliminate, and penalize illegal DEI and DEIA activities in both the private sector and in educational institutions that receive federal funds. 

In this installment of LaborSpeak, we discuss some of the major changes in the labor & employment legal and regulatory landscape that employers should anticipate under the second Trump administration.

In this installment of LaborSpeak, we discuss the evolving political and legal landscape around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and practices.  

In this installment of LaborSpeak, we discuss important updates to state laws that enhance protections for employees who are pregnant.

New York voters just passed Proposition One, also called the New York Equal Rights Amendment, expanding protections under the state constitution’s equal protection clause for public employers. The state constitution will now prohibit discrimination based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, creed, religion or sex—including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes and reproductive healthcare and autonomy.

In this installment of LaborSpeak, we discuss the details of the recent Texas federal court ruling setting aside the FTC’s nationwide non-compete ban and what may happen next.  

On August 20, the Northern District of Texas held that the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-competes was unlawful and set the rule aside on a nationwide basis.  As a result, the rule will not be enforced or take effect.

On July 23, a judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a company’s motion to stay the September 4 effective date of and preliminarily enjoin the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-competes for almost all employees and independent contractors (the Rule).