We have written beforehand about Washington, DC’s non-compete invoice scheduled to take impact on October 1, 2022. Whereas DC Council has pulled again from enactment earlier than to make last-minute revisions to the laws—most notably in 2021 after the initially- handed invoice would have barred non-competes solely—there seem like no such adjustments this time. The currently-enacted invoice stands to take impact this Saturday, October 1. Any employer with staff who stay in Washington, DC, or who spend greater than 50% of their time working in Washington, DC regardless of the place they stay, ought to take steps now to ensure their agreements are in alignment with the brand new legislation going ahead, together with the prohibition on non-compete provisions for workers making lower than $150,000 yearly and the 1-year restrict on such restrictions ($250,000 and a pair of years for “medical specialists”).
Employers also needs to remember that the brand new DC legislation applies not solely to written agreements, however to “office insurance policies” as properly, together with unwritten insurance policies. Towards that finish, even these employers who do notice have restrictive covenants in place might think about implementing a written notice to workers stating that there is no such thing as a office coverage, written or in any other case, imposing such restrictions.