Competing with Noncompetes: Increasing Restrictions on the Use of Employment Noncompetition Agreements in New York

Authors

Michael A. E. Neville

Abstract

The New York City Council and the former New York State Attorney General recently proposed legislation restricting the use of noncompetition agreements by employers with low-wage employees. While this proposed legislation demonstrates a step following other progressive states that have already restricted the use of noncompetition agreements, recent federal litigation has revealed the loopholes that New York employers may unfairly utilize, such as garden leave provisions, if restrictions are not placed on both employers of low-wage and high-wage employees. This Note recommends that pending legislation be passed only after a thorough revision that focuses on both low-wage and high-wage employees to maximize employee flexibility and establish and maintain a fair employment standard throughout the entire state of New York.

Recommended Citation

Michael A. Neville, Competing with Noncompetes: Increasing Restrictions on the Use of Employment Noncompetition Agreements in New York, 13 Brook. J. Corp. Fin. & Com. L. (2018).
Available at: https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjcfcl/vol13/iss1/13