The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.
*So what's the historical use of these? I can only assume in the past it was used sparingly, then went further and further until the current state of "fuck you employees".
It's not whether or not they've been around, it's how they've been used, how often they've been used, for what positions they've been used, how severely they've been used. Etc.