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Following through on Governor Hokhul\u2019s promise in her 2022 State of the State address, New York lawmakers passed a blanket ban on all non-compete agreements, thus joining the growing federal and state efforts to curb their use.\u00a0\u00a0 However, the bill imposes greater restrictions than those implemented in other jurisdictions, including California, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Colorado, Illinois and Maryland. \u00a0The bill will take effect 30 days after it is signed by the Governor.<\/p>\n

The Broad Scope of the Ban:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bill prohibits all employers, regardless of industry, from seeking, requiring, demanding or accepting a non-compete agreement from any \u201ccovered individual,\u201d defined as any person who performs services on such terms that the individual is economically dependent on the other.\u00a0 Thus, unlike other laws that include a carve out for highly compensated employees, the ban extends to all workers across the board, including workers hired as independent contractors.<\/p>\n

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Following through on Governor Hokhul\u2019s promise in her 2022 State of the State address, New York lawmakers passed a blanket ban on all non-compete agreements, thus joining the growing federal and state efforts to curb their use.\u00a0\u00a0 However, the bill imposes greater restrictions than those implemented in other jurisdictions, including California, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Colorado, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,247],"tags":[],"coauthors":[139],"class_list":["post-5445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-labor-employment-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew York Joins the Non-Compete Ban Wagon — June 29, 2023 — Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 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