Millions of workers believe they are bound by non-binding contracts

Re:Millions of workers believe they are bound by non-binding... by ams6110 on Thursday October 11, 2018 @07:35PM (#18197902)

And why would the hotel ever waste their time and legal resources enforcing a non-compete on a minimum wage desk clerk when they can just hire another one tomorrow?

Non-competes in that situation are empty threats to keep workers who don't know any better from quitting.

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Re:Millions of workers believe they are bound by non-binding... by superfrank on Friday October 12, 2018 @04:10PM (#18204363)

Oh, I totally agree it's an empty threat, but many workers don't know that.

It's kind of fucked up though that putting something obviously unenforceable in a hiring contract isn't being punished. Either the worker ignores it, knowing there's nothing the company can do, or they take it seriously and are afraid to quit to go to a competitor. It's pretty much no lose for the company though.

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Re:Millions of workers believe they are bound by non-binding... by eropple on Thursday October 11, 2018 @08:13PM (#18198091)

I agree that they're empty threats in the general case.

They should be banned to protect workers from the off chance that somebody decides to follow through.

Explicit, not implicit.

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