Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 5:42:50 GMT -6
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Wednesday a settlement with the sandwich chain Jimmy John’s in which the company will stop including non-compete agreements in hiring packets it sends to franchisees.
According to Schneiderman’s office, Jimmy John’s also agreed to inform its franchisees that the attorney general’s office has concluded the non-compete agreements should be voided and are unlawful.
“Non-compete agreements for low-wage workers are unconscionable,” Schneiderman said in a statement. “They limit mobility and opportunity for vulnerable workers and bully them into staying with the threat of being sued. Companies should stop using these agreements for minimum wage employees.”
Schneiderman’s office began investigating the matter in 2014. The probe revealed that some (but not all) Jimmy John’s franchises employed the non-compete clause, which prohibited sandwich makers who left Jimmy John’s from working for two years at any establishment in two-mile radius that made more than 10 percent of revenue from sandwiches.
Read more: blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/250731/schneiderman-ends-jimmy-johns-non-compete-clause/
According to Schneiderman’s office, Jimmy John’s also agreed to inform its franchisees that the attorney general’s office has concluded the non-compete agreements should be voided and are unlawful.
“Non-compete agreements for low-wage workers are unconscionable,” Schneiderman said in a statement. “They limit mobility and opportunity for vulnerable workers and bully them into staying with the threat of being sued. Companies should stop using these agreements for minimum wage employees.”
Schneiderman’s office began investigating the matter in 2014. The probe revealed that some (but not all) Jimmy John’s franchises employed the non-compete clause, which prohibited sandwich makers who left Jimmy John’s from working for two years at any establishment in two-mile radius that made more than 10 percent of revenue from sandwiches.
Read more: blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/250731/schneiderman-ends-jimmy-johns-non-compete-clause/