I think we're all pretty familiar with the arguments against non-competes. Does anybody have a compelling argument for them, as practiced in 2023 in the US?
While we're at it, does anybody have a compelling justification for allowing non-poach agreements, too?
From my perspective, they both seem like a non-durable benefit to $current_employer at the expense of a compounding opportunity cost to the greater economy (insofar as it hinders an efficient execution of the labor-employer matching process).
Curious if anybody has an interesting argument for why this is OK. The only thing that comes to mind is "trade secrets" arguments, but don't we have separate laws for that?
While we're at it, does anybody have a compelling justification for allowing non-poach agreements, too?
From my perspective, they both seem like a non-durable benefit to $current_employer at the expense of a compounding opportunity cost to the greater economy (insofar as it hinders an efficient execution of the labor-employer matching process).
Curious if anybody has an interesting argument for why this is OK. The only thing that comes to mind is "trade secrets" arguments, but don't we have separate laws for that?