Workforce Mobility Act of 2026

This bill would ban new noncompete agreements between employers and the workers or contractors who do work for them, and would make such agreements unenforceable. Exceptions would allow noncompete agreements tied to the sale of a business, limited one-year agreements with certain senior executives who have severance agreements as part of a sale, and agreements among partners when a partnership ends. Employers could still require workers to keep trade secrets confidential, and employers would have to post notice of the law. The Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Labor, state attorneys general, and individual workers could enforce the law in court, and agreements made in advance requiring arbitration or waiving group lawsuits would not apply to these violations.

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Sponsors

• Scott H. Peters Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors