Digest offers insights into negative effects of non-competes and strategies to improve labor mobility and liberate entrepreneurs; Tweet this: New @KauffmanFDN policy digest says non-compete agreements hinder job creation & economic growth http://kff.mn/1jYcRjI #entrepreneurship.

Kansas City, Mo. (PRWEB) July 21, 2014

The formation of new companies accounts for nearly all net new job creation, but state non-compete agreements – if strictly enforced – can make it harder for people to start those companies. According to a new Entrepreneurship Policy Digest released today by the Kauffman Foundation, state enforcement of non-compete agreements is restricting highly skilled workers from moving in and out of new jobs and/or from starting their own businesses, thus hindering job creation and economic growth.

The Policy Digest highlights the impacts of non-competes on individuals, firms and the economy and offers adjustments to current laws to improve mobility.

“The degree to which states enforce non-compete agreements can impact the economic growth of that state,” said Jason Wiens, policy director at the Kauffman Foundation. “Not only do non-competes limit entrepreneurship, they also restrict the movement of highly skilled workers. Minor changes to current laws could relieve restrictions on these entrepreneurs.”


Learn more here - http://www.kauffman.org/what-we-do/resources/entrepreneurship-policy-digest/rethinking-non-competes-unlock-talent-to-seed-growth?vsmaid=142

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