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Re:FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses for Workers by p_j_w on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:03PM (#34264778)
> In the case of the MD relative, he was fired, essentially without cause, and his non-compete forced him to be unemployed for a year before he was finally able to convince the former employer to waive the non-compete.

It seems like an easy and obvious solution that the non-compete is automatically null and void if the employee is let go for any reason.

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Re:FTC Proposes Banning Noncompete Clauses for Workers by wpietri on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:07PM (#34264834)
Unfortunately, that also has easy workarounds, like making the employee's life hell until they quit. So you'd also need to solve for constructive dismissal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_dismissal
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