Apple accused of ‘trying to thwart emerging startups through anticompetitive measures’
Apple accused of ‘trying to thwart emerging startups through anticompetitive measures’
Chip startup Rivos has countersued Apple, claiming that Apple's employment agreements are unenforceable and stifle competition.
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I’m an Apple customer but this is straight up wrong. Non-compete clauses this broad are ridiculous and practically stop ex-employees working anywhere they’re actually skilled to work. It quite literally ends someone’s career after their tenure.
If you’re expertise is SoC design and implementation, to be contractually restricted from working anywhere else that does SoC-related business is effectively kicking you out of the very industry and job pool you’re capable of working. Your mobility is totally stifled.
These kinds of restrictive covenants need to be outlawed or at least be limited to a short time frame no more than six months, requiring ex employers to pay the ex employee during this time if made redundant or fired or requiring the incumbent employer to pay the new employee during this time until they’re legally able to work again.
Hopefully this case goes against Apple favour and sets a strong precedent against absurd non compete clauses like this.
In Denmark, non compete clauses like these require the old employer to pay you for the period you're not allowed to compete.
Darn that Denmark and its sensible employment laws and strong economy (especially considering GDP per capita).
Non-compete clauses should be illegal (or done like in Denmark, like the example of our fellow commenter here)
They’re illegal in the province I live in. They were all voided a few years ago.
They're illegal in the country I live in. I mostly meant they should be illegal basically everywhere.