3.0.0 483 2023-01-11T13:46:29Z 2023-01-11T13:46:29Z Senate S 2021-02-25 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-25T19:49:03Z Workforce Mobility Act of 2021 117 1367 HR 2021-02-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2021-02-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-02-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2021-02-25 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2021-02-25 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-02-25 True Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Business ethics Civil actions and liability Competition and antitrust Congressional oversight Department of Labor Employment discrimination and employee rights Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Labor-management relations Trade secrets and economic espionage Wages and earnings Labor and Employment 00 2021-02-25 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-08T13:33:44Z Workforce Mobility Act of 2021

This bill prohibits the use of noncompete agreements in the context of commercial enterprises except under certain circumstances.

The first exception is that the seller of the entirety of a business interest may enter an agreement to refrain from engaging in a similar business in the geographic areas where the business being sold has conducted business prior to the agreement. This exception extends to agreements by senior executive officials who have a severance agreement as part of the conditions of sale (i.e., a buyout provision). Second, a partner of an enterprise, in anticipation of the dissolution of the partnership or disassociation of a partner, may enter an agreement to refrain from engaging in a similar business in the geographic areas where the partnership has conducted business prior to the agreement.

Commercial enterprises must post notice of this prohibition in the workplace.

The Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Labor shall investigate or enforce the provisions of this bill.

]]> Workforce Mobility Act of 2021 Display Title Workforce Mobility Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit certain noncompete agreements, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Workforce Mobility Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s483is/xml/BILLS-117s483is.xml 2021-02-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.