SSB 1031

The bill provides that a noncompete agreement entered into between an employer and an employee on or after the effective date of the bill is void and unenforceable against an employee in certain specified circumstances relating to contingent offers of employment, contingent offers of bona fide advancement, entering into a noncompete agreement in order to continue employment by the employer after a substantial change in circumstances of the employer, an employee’s earnings not exceeding $41,600 per year, termination of employment if not for good cause, the noncompete agreement exceeding months in duration, the employee participating in a program registered with the United States department of labor, office of apprenticeship, the employee being an undergraduate or graduate student working as an intern or in other short-term employment, or the employee being under years of age. The bill prohibits a franchisor from restricting, restraining, or prohibiting in any way a franchisee from soliciting or hiring any employee of a franchisee of the same franchisor. The bill prohibits a franchisor from restricting, restraining, or prohibiting in any way a franchisee from soliciting or hiring any employee of the franchisor. The bill applies to noncompete agreements entered into between an employer and an employee on or after the effective date of the bill.