California Style Non-Compete Legislation Introduced In Minnesota

New proposed legislation introduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives would invalidate effectively all employee non-compete agreements if passed. 

On February 11, 2013, Democratic-Farmer-Labor party members Joe Atkins and Alice Hausman introduced H.F. No. 506.  The bill was read and referred to the Committee on Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries, a committee chaired by Rep. Sheldon Johnson (DFL-St. Paul).  The proposed legislation—which essentially tracks California Business and Professions Code sections 16600 through 16602.5—would invalidate all non-compete agreements between an employer and its employees.  No current statute specifically addresses treatment of non-compete agreements in Minnesota.

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