Changes to non-compete ban now effective | Local [Video]

KIMT NEWS 3–In the summer of 2023, Minnesota became the first state to enforce a widespread ban of non-compete agreements between employers and employees.

However, in March 2024, one of the bill’s writers saw a loophole that permitted “shadow” non-compete agreements to remain legal. This ensures businesses cannot make agreements with one another to restrict a person’s employment. As of July 1 that becomes law.

In Minnesota, it was a first of its kind. In the last five years other states had talked about prohibiting non-compete agreements based on worker wages.

However, in favor of job mobility, easing worker uncertainty, and strengthening the workforce–the North Star state is saying so long to that contract clause.

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