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HR 5631 115th Congress House Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Competition and antitrust Contracts and agency Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor-management relations

Workforce Mobility Act of 2018

Introduced: April 26, 2018 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Apr 26, 2018
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 26, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Workforce Mobility Act of 2018

This bill prohibits an employer from entering into a covenant not to compete with any employee of such employer. A "covenant not to compete" is an agreement between an employer and employee that restricts such employee from performing any work for another employer for a specified period of time, any work in a specified geographic area, or any work for another employer that is similar to the work performed for the employer who is a party to such agreement. Such an agreement in an employment contract is presumed to be illegal as anticompetitive unless the employer establishes otherwise.

An aggrieved party may file a civil action for actual and punitive damages, and reasonable attorney's fees and costs if the action is successful.

What's happening now May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2782 Related bill Workforce Mobility Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 7, 2018
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 27, 2018
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 26, 2018
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Apr 26, 2018
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 26, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5631: Workforce Mobility Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5631/
MLA
"H.R. 5631: Workforce Mobility Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5631/.
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H.R. 5631, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5631/.
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