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title: Mark Konkel Quoted by Financial Times on the Prevalence of Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contracts
date: 2025-06-18T14:50:00-04:00
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# Mark Konkel Quoted by *Financial Times* on the Prevalence of Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contracts

 June 18, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labor and Employment practice chair and partner [Mark Konkel](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/mark-a-konkel) was recently quoted in a *Financial Times* article, ​“The Scourge of the Non-Compete Clause.”

The article discusses how the clause, which may appear employer friendly on the surface, can stifle labor force fluidity and competition. As a result, policymakers in Australia, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, the UK and some U.S. states have moved to prevent or restrict the use of non-competes, often on the grounds that they suppress mobility and wage growth for workers. In Florida, however, there is proposed legislation that would permit non-compete agreements that last a full four years.

“If you are about to join an employer and you know that in accepting that employment, you’re going to be compelled to sign a four-year non-compete, it is very hard to imagine very marketable people will just sign such an agreement without negotiation,” Mark said.

Read the complete article [here](https://www.ft.com/content/0c9e4ac6-03e5-4ed1-aae3-2ece50e3ed03?accessToken=zwAAAZeDVLpykc8MnkrGA-VO0dOq4y7OUOPtAw.MEUCIC8VpCCOqpXrgkNErcW4DNNEmFZ45qBR93cFdDWOi15yAiEA_rdlsWS32EEuKLMa-lU0jnlOE-4K9THA2q-Kmy4qpho&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareType=enterprise&shareId=6a730330-b9e9-42d9-a596-76feba6394e7)(subscription required).

 

 

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