MARCH 18, 2024 Business Law Beat BY LAWRENCE B. LAMBERT, ESQ. Florida has a favorable legal framework the law. But the proposed rule goes further. for enforcing non-competition agreements. It would require every employer who uses As a result, many Florida...
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MARCH 18, 2024 Business Law Beat BY LAWRENCE B. LAMBERT, ESQ. Florida has a favorable legal framework the law. But the proposed rule goes further. for enforcing non-competition agreements. It would require every employer who uses As a result, many Florida businesses incor- non-competition agreements to notify their porate these provisions into their employ- current and former employees who are ment agreements. The proposed FTC rule, subject to those agreements that the agree- if adopted, will supersede Florida’s exist- ments are null and void and that they are ing law and make the continued use of no longer bound by them. Failure to pro- such provisions a violation of federal law. vide such notice within the time required The proposed FTC rule can be sum- by the proposed rule would, itself, consti- marized simply. It would ban the use of tute a violation of the rule and could lead non-competition agreements in any em- to legal action being brought against a non- ployment relationship b
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