Two Democratic senators want the Federal Trade Commission to take emergency action to limit employers’ enforcement of noncompete agreements during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the public health emergency has “exacerbated” problems with such arrangements.
Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) also faulted the FTC for not advancing a rulemaking following a January workshop held to consider a possible rule restricting use of noncompete agreements, which hinder a worker’s ability to find employment in a particular industry or geographic market.
Allowing enforcement of such contracts to continue during the pandemic creates additional challenges for workers in a labor market where between 20 million and 30 million people have filed for unemployment, the senators said in a letter to the agency.
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