The FTC’s Proposed Noncompete Ban Still Lets Companies Trap Workers in Bad Jobs

Photo caption: A nurse intubates a patient at a hospital in McAllen, Texas, on July 20, 2020. Photo credit: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. Article by Jonathan F. Harris. Truthout – June 12, 2023.

Jessica Van Briggle was excited to begin her career as a nurse when she applied to work at Centinela Hospital in southern California. Centinela sent her to a staffing agency to complete the hiring process, and the agency’s representative told Van Briggle she had to work for the staffing agency (not the hospital) for two years or pay $15,000 if she left early. This amount was agreed to by the staffing agency — Van Briggle’s official employer — and Centinela as the cost of the hospital’s eight-week training and orientation. […]

Click here to view original web page at truthout.org