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;Twenty-five states (plus the District of Columbia) have laws in effect that limit noncompete clauses in some form: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.; “States across the country continue to pass new legislation further restricting — and, in some cases, banning — the use of noncompete clauses,” said James Barrett, a lawyer with Ogletree Deakins.

“Uber Appeal of California Gig Classification Law at 9th Circuit.”

SECURE 2.0 Act could provide nearly 20 million new American workers with access to the workplace-based retirement system through a brand-new safe harbor 401(k) plan.

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;Four states (California, Minnesota, North Dakota and Oklahoma) have laws banning noncompetes in all industries.; Much of this action is occurring because the FTC noncompete rule, for the most part, does not cover nonprofit entities (the FTC stance is that a nonprofit corporation is subject to the rule only if it is “organized to carry on business for its own profit or that of its members.”

The highest court in the land tends to follow a presumption of severability, said Lowe, which allows it to strike down one portion of a law as unconstitutional, but allows the remainder of the law to stay in place.

Since then, nine other states — California, Connecticut, Illinois, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Nevada, Rhode Island and Washington — have passed similar laws.

The EU directive may serve as a guide for future pay transparency laws in the United States.

Federal Judge: MLB Violates Minimum Wage Law A federal judge in San Francisco has found Major League Baseball (MLB) in violation of Arizona state minimum wage law and is liable for triple damages, ruling that minor league baseball players are year-round employees who work during training time, reports U.S.