Wade Roush reports that state Rep. Will Brownsberger of Cambridge and Arlington is filing legislation to forbid companies from including contract clauses that keep workers from working for competitors for at least a year.
Although it's a hot topic among tech workers, Brownsberger told Roush he's especially concerned about low-level service workers who effectively can't find work in the same industry even though they know none of the trade secrets the clauses are meant to protect.
Bijan Sabet is thrilled, argues the clauses put Massachusetts at a competitive disadvantage with states, such as California, that do not allow them.
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