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Georgia looking to strengthen Non-Competes
We’ve had a lot of discussions on this forum about the validity of Non-Compete clauses and how they are generally un-enforceable unless the previous employer wants to keep paying your salary to keep you out of the particular industry / job.
Georgia has an Amendment 1 proposal on the ballot next Tuesday that will give the Legislature the ability to strengthen Non Competes here in the state under the guise of “making Georgia more economically competitive.” In reading the proposal, in reality it appears Georgia is preparing to bring a much broader definition of what a “non-compete” can include in the Georgia Constitution. In part the change will allow a judge to edit non-compete agreements to make them more constitutional.
All in all, it sounds like Georgia wants to give employers much more control over former employees, make sure the contracts will hold up in Georgia court and allow a judge to alter the contract if necessary to make the contract stick. Interesting times.
https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/amendment-on-ballot-would-692068.html
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It is usually instructive to find out who is backing the proposaed change and why. I don’t know enough about Georgia to make a good guess. But I’d bet it wasn’t some video production outfit behind this. More likely some really big law firm, or a software company with some big contracts? A military/government contractor? If Georgia has reporting requirements for contributions to lawmakers, you can look up who’s suddenly donating to the sponsor of the bill and draw some conclusions.
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Coke is trying to keep their employees from drinking Pepsi.
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It could be Coke trying to keep workers from working for rivals: Coke owns a HECK of a lot of brands these days. It could be the poultry producers, trying to prevent competition, wiki says Georgia is big in poultry. You have military contractors aplenty there. All possible suspects. I’m probably missing some other obvious ones.
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I would like to see just how they plan on “making Georgia more economically competitive.” While restricting how many people can compete.
Doug
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Or it could be the one that’s pronounced the same as Coke — Koch Industries. They’re just a tad politically active (funding many Tea Party activities and candidates) and a few years back bought Georgia Pacific.
What’s the line? “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.”
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[Doug Collins] “I would like to see just how they plan on “making Georgia more economically competitive.” While restricting how many people can compete.”
Classic corporate doublespeak, derived from classic corporate doublethink.
Is anyone even surprised any longer?
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[Alan Lloyd] “Classic corporate doublespeak, derived from classic corporate doublethink.
Is anyone even surprised any longer?”
I’m certainly not with the tone of everything politics these days. This amendment is 100% slanted towards business and away from individuals. With the freelance nature of our industry this could really put a crimp on a person’s ability to get a job in the area.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Welcome to GA. Just another reason why I left. If I were a guessing man, I’d say a few key businesses were planning some major layoffs and don’t want former employees creating startups that could compete. If this passes, people that get dumped won’t have the ability to feed themselves with their own knowledge. But don’t worry, the major news will be another ban on gay marriage, or some ridiculous drug-war.
In two years there will be another insane drought, and there will be only one company to bid on the incredible sewage/water upgrades Atlanta desperately needs. There would have been more bids, but thanks to this non-compete upgrade, that won’t happen. I bet it’ll cost taxpayers cool billion.
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[John Davidson] “There would have been more bids, but thanks to this non-compete upgrade, that won’t happen. I bet it’ll cost taxpayers cool billion.”
Here in Gwinnett County it cost about $65 million for a non-compete construction contract on a new baseball stadium we didn’t need. $19 million came from the county “emergency fund” and the county them promptly laid off dozens of people to make up for the shortfall.
But now we don’t have to drive 45 minutes to pay too much for hot dogs, beer and soda. Well, at least the 5 months out of the year there’s actually baseball there, the rest of the time we get a nice view of an empty baseball stadium on the side of GA 20.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
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Biscardi Creative Media“Foul Water, Fiery Serpent” Winner, Best Documentary, LA Reel Film Festival.
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Did you hear about about the 600 million dollar high school Koreatown just got? Here in LA, we laugh at your modest corruption.
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