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What about non competes for low wage workers like subway and mcdonalds? Cuz thats beeen starting to happen.



That's a point in favor of banning it, because we have minimum wage laws and piling on disadvantages would allow employers to effectively get below the minimum wage.

In practice that probably isn't necessary because the employer doesn't see much benefit from having a non-compete. Workers are no more qualified to work for their competitors after having worked for subway for a year than they were when they were first hired.




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