Non-Compete Agreements: Analysis of the Usage, Potential Issues, and State Responses

Citation
The White House, Non-Compete Agreements: Analysis of the Usage, Potential Issues, and State Responses (May 2016) (full-text).

Overview
This document provides a starting place for further investigation of the problematic usage of one institutional factor that has the potential to hold back wages &mdash; non-compete agreements. These agreements currently impact nearly a fifth of U.S. workers, including a large number of low-wage workers. This brief delineates issues regarding misuse of non-compete agreements and describes a sampling of state laws and legislation to address the potentially high costs of unnecessary non-competes to workers and the economy.