Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

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Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission's chair, announced the ban. Graeme Jennings/Pool via APMost American workers are hired “at will”: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party may terminate the arrangement at any time for a good or bad reason, or none at all. In keeping with that no-strings-attached spirit…