March 3, 2025

Welcome!

Welcome to our first issue of SuperVision in 2025. In this edition, we cover the new presidential administration’s anticipated impact on employment agreements, the National Labor Relations Board, and workplace safety enforcement through OSHA and MSHA. We also bring you information on pay transparency, thoughts on employee discipline and the need for well-trained managers in light of recent legal precedent, and guidance on responding to increased enforcement of immigration and undocumented workers at the federal level.

As always, thank you for reading.

Limited Competition: Why the FTC and Trump Administration are Unlikely to Rollback Limits on Agreements that Restrict Employee Mobility

By Mitchell J. Rhein

One of the biggest hot topics during the Biden administration was the legality and enforceability of non-compete agreements in employment. The Biden administration aggressively tried to eliminate employer-imposed restraints on employee mobility on multiple fronts. For example, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed to invalidate or restrict the use of noncompetition and nonpoaching agreements. Indeed, just days before President Trump was inaugurated, the FTC and Department of Justice updated the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resources Professionals to explain that non-compete, nondisclosure agreements, training repayment, and non-solicitation agreements may violate antitrust laws. The guidance also repeated the FTC’s and DOJ’s opinion that...

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