I'm fine with allowing non-competes as long as the company pays the ex-employee their full salary for the length of the non-compete and can't rescind the non-compete without mutual consent. For example, an 18 month non-compete would mean 18 months of paid vacation after you leave a job.
I imagine this would be functionally equivalent to a ban on non-competes because it seems like it'd be an insane waste of money but if a company wants to provide a paid vacation on the way out I see no reason to stop them. Unpaid non-competes should be illegal as somebody's right to earn a living trumps a corporation's right to impose an unconscionable contract on its employees.
I imagine this would be functionally equivalent to a ban on non-competes because it seems like it'd be an insane waste of money but if a company wants to provide a paid vacation on the way out I see no reason to stop them. Unpaid non-competes should be illegal as somebody's right to earn a living trumps a corporation's right to impose an unconscionable contract on its employees.