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  The  Beltway Buzz  is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business. DNC Platform Previews Democratic Policy Priorities.  The Democratic Party held its national convention this week in Chicago, Illinois, and workplace issues featured prominently in the party’s agenda. These workplace issues will undoubtedly be a focus of the Harris/Walz presidential campaign leading up to Election Day, and they will likely be policy priorities in the event that the Democratic ticket wins the White House in 2025. Here are a few tidbits that we picked up during the convention: Labor Unions. Political appointments . Officials from labor unions such as the AFL-CIO, United Autoworkers, Communications Workers of America, Service Employees International Union, Laborers’ International Union of North America, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers all had brie...

Does the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ban on non-compete clauses apply to non-solicitation clauses? It depends. The FTC ban on non-compete clauses can apply to non-solicitation agreements . However, only those that are so broad that they function as a non-compete clause by preventing the worker from or penalizing them for seeking or accepting other work or starting their own business. First, How Does the FTC Define “Non-Compete Clause”? A non-compete clause under the FTC’s “non-compete clause final rule” is defined as “a term or condition of employment that either ‘prohibits’ a worker from, ‘penalizes’ a worker for, or ‘functions to prevent’ a worker from: seeking or accepting work in the United States with a different person where such work would begin after the conclusion of the employment that includes the term or condition; or operating a business in the United States after the conclusion of the employment that includes the term or condition.” In using the phrase “functions t...