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Business Matters: Millions of US workers set to be affected by ban on so-called ‘non-compete’ agreements

24/04/2024 GMT

Millions of US workers set to be affected by ban on so-called ‘non-compete’ agreements

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Millions of US workers set to be affected by ban on so-called ‘non-compete’ agreements

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban non-compete agreements

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban so-called ‘non-compete’ agreements in a move which could affect millions of workers Under the moves, U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with . But it’s likely to be challenged in court. One woman tells us how her family’s life was turned upside down by a non-compete agreement with a large tech company. 

Also on the programme  Tesla sees its profits more than halve this year. The company has seen its profits more than halve this year, and says it will bring forward the launch of new models and cut thousands more jobs to try to reverse its fortunes.

And research by German academics has found that we are increasingly pushing back the age at which we consider ourselves to be old. Nimal Ram, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University tells us more

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