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How noncompete clauses clash with US labor laws

  • Written by Raymond Hogler, Professor of Management, Colorado State University
imageJimmy John's tried to stop its workers from toiling for other sandwich makers. AP Photo/David Goldman

Most Americans with jobs work “at-will”: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship and vice versa. Either party may terminate the arrangement at any time for a good or bad reason or none at all.

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