The Daily Populous

The final rule adopted "would generally prevent most employers from using noncompete clauses," the FTC said in a statement.

An estimated 30 million people — or one in five U.S. workers — are bound by noncompete restrictions, according to the FTC.

A rival textile company offered him a better job and a big raise, but his noncompete blocked him from taking it, according to the FTC. »

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs.

The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.

It says the policy change could lead to increased wages totaling nearly $300 billion per year by encouraging people to swap jobs freely. »

Even if not in quite the hand-to-mouth-to-stomach way we normally understand it, the bacteria were eating the plastic.

But the real hope is that this goes beyond a single species of bacteria that can eat a single kind of plastic.

To have any hope of mitigating this globe-spanning environmental disaster of our own making, the bacteria will have to work faster and better. »

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos on Tuesday said he is dropping his longshot bid to return to Congress, months after he was expelled from the House while facing a slew of federal fraud charges.

The announcement came after the disgraced former congressman’s campaign committee reported no fundraising or expenditures in March, raising speculation that his campaign had failed to get off the ground.

Weeks later, Santos said he was leaving the Republican Party and would instead run for the seat as an independent. »