WeWork, an international company providing co-work office space, has reached a settlement with the New York State Attorney General over its use of non-compete agreements, which forced employees at its locations nationwide to agree not to take employment in any city where WeWork operates for a period of one year following their departure.

wework-reaches-non-compete-settlementThe agreement, reached with WeWork in New York City, frees WeWork employees nationwide from the covenant, which the Attorney General’s Office called “overly broad.”

The settlement leaves in place a less-restrictive non-complete agreement that lasts for only six months and restricts the departed employees from taking jobs within a 15-mile radius of a WeWork facility offering the same type of employment.

The New York state legislature is considering a bill that would ban companies from forcing non-compete agreements on any employee earning less than $75,000 a year.

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