State lawmakers took a step forward in limiting noncompete agreements in Massachusetts on Wednesday, with the House of Representatives voting unanimously 150-0 to pass a bill on noncompete reform.
Most notably, the bill would require employers to to pay half the salary of employees for the duration of the noncompete's enforcement period after they leave as part of the so-called "Garden Leave" clause, unless another mutually-agreed upon "consideration" is reached; restrict employers from enforcing noncompetes on interns, graduate students, employees under 18, hourly workers, and employees who are fired or laid off; and restrict noncompetes to 12 months.
