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Why now?
by mxwsn 2y ago
Why now?
- toomuchtodo 2y agoPolitical will.
- chowells 2y agoBecause excesses finally became so ridiculously over the top that it was finally politically viable to address it. Remember, chain restaurants have started using non-competes to ban servers and cooks from moving to another employer. The situation is finally in the eyes of the general public.
- SoftTalker 2y agoThat's just absurd. Non-competes should never apply to commodity-skill jobs. I wonder how often they were ever enforced?
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoEnforcement does not matter. It is the chilling threat an employer can use against someone without options. If you are flipping burgers for minimum wage and your boss says they can sue you if you leave for a competitor, are you willing to chance it?
- SoftTalker 2y agoIf I had no real net worth, yeah probably. What are they going to take? I'd like to see a judge's reaction to a non-compete on a burger-flipping job. Non-competes already get voided if they are too restrictive; you can't prevent someone from earning a living. But yeah, I can see a young kid might be intimidated.
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- no_wizard 2y agoThey absolutely were, such in the case of Prudential Security[0] [0]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noncompete-agreement-feds-sue-3-companies-that-prevented-employees-from-leaving-for-competitors/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/noncompete-agreement-feds-sue-3...
- Sohcahtoa82 2y ago> Remember, chain restaurants have started using non-competes to ban servers and cooks from moving to another employer. It's so dystopian that this was ever a thing. Non-competes were supposed to exist to prevent employees from bringing trade secrets to competitors. Instead, they were used to trap people in poorly paying jobs.
- jprete 2y agoI had not heard about the chain restaurants; that is one of the scummiest things I've ever heard and it angers me that it takes place.
- banish-m4 2y agoNever forget: college degree requirements, high housing costs, union busting, salary secrecy, return to office, sub-inflationary raises, 1099 contractors and "temporary" permanent workers, outsourcing, H-1B visas, NCAs, and lack of universal healthcare are just some of the ways corporations lord power over employees to reduce wages and worsen income inequality. (Oh and illegal things like wage theft.)
- axus 2y agoLina has been pretty busy, but she's been making progress on a large backlog of bad corporate behavior. What were these guys up to? https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/commissioners-staff/former-commissioners https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/commissioners-staff/former-com...
- jdminhbg 2y ago> What were these guys up to? Not losing in court every other month.
- dpe82 2y agoBecause we have a Democratic administration that is taking this stuff seriously.
- robertlagrant 2y agoSeriously, though. Why now?
- tech_ken 2y agoBecause that administration needs red meat to activate their base ahead of an election cycle
- Overtonwindow 2y agoSame as student loans. It’s election season.
- fckgw 2y agoOh no, a sneaky politician trying to win my vote by making material changes that improve my life!
- biftek 2y agoThey could/should have been doing this stuff from day one tho not waiting until the 11th hour.
- dpe82 2y agoSee my comment above; administrative rules generally take a couple of years to work their way through the system before they can take effect.
- Overtonwindow 2y agoBut.. why did you have to wait so long? Politicians should have been making material changes to improve your life without it being an election year. We should demand better of public servants.
- j-bos 2y agoElection year
- bee_rider 2y agoWhich is good, right? Politicians serving the interest of their constituents in the hopes of being re-elected is, like, the intended operation of democracy. If only we could have an election year, every year, without all the annoying ads and stress.
- paxys 2y agoLina Khan
- fckgw 2y agoWhy not now?