A ban would be wildly exaggerated. As an employee you get privileged access to a wealth of trade secrets, so a compromise on your liberty to act upon these is n

A ban would be wildly exaggerated. As an employee you get privileged access to a wealth of trade secrets, so a compromise on your liberty to act upon these is needed. What they need is regulation; non compete need monetary compensation, if not during the time of employment, at least for the entire period they remain enforced after employment, with a regulated minimum compensation proportional to a significant fraction of what was the employment salary