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Washington D.C. Non-Compete Ban Set For Another Postponement For Washington D.C. employers awaiting the implementation of the city's Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020, it appears they will have yet another reprieve. Though the legislation was set to take effect on March 16th, 2022, its actual effect on the law, i.e., creating a virtually complete ban on non-compete agreements, will await the "applicability date." This date has been pushed back by the city council yet again. On February 24th, 2022, the head of the city's Council on Labor and Workforce Development moved for the Council to postpone the applicability date to October 1st, 2022. The request stated that the committee had performed considerable consultation with local businesses and needed time to consider possible amendments to the Act. In response, the Council adopted the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Applicability Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2022, which pushed the applicability date off until October 1st, 2022 and the Non-Compete Agreements Applicability Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, which amended the original legislation to incorporate the new date. Now the legislation awaits the Mayor's signature to go into effect. Though this postponement is likely to be welcomed by employers, it does not address any of the many concerns they have expressed over the legislation's near-complete ban on non-compete agreements. In addition, many have questioned the impact of the legislation's ban on employer policies that would forbid their employees from holding other jobs while holding their current employment. This would mean that employees would be free to seek simultaneous employment with their employer's competition. This Act has faced a considerable degree of opposition among businesses within the city, but little progress has been made to amend the Act. Early last year, one proposal was made to amend the Act dubbed the Non-Compete Conflict of Interest Clarification Amendment Act of 2021, which would allow employers to forbid employees from disclosing or using confidential information. It would also amend the Act to allow employers to bar employees from accepting money or items of value during their employment from a person, resulting in the employer conducting their business in an unethical or illegal manner or causing it to violate other regulations. However, as of yet, the amendment has not been considered by the entire Council. Employer Takeaways Washington D.C. Mayor Bowser is expected to sign the legislation pushing the applicability date of the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 until October 1st, 2022. Many business leaders will be awaiting progress on an amendment to confront some of the concerns many share with the Act until this time comes. Source

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Washington D.C. Non-Compete Ban Set For Another Postponement

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