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Contractual handcuffs that prevent people on less than $190,000 from moving to a better-paying or more interesting job would be banned under proposed laws to be unveiled by the federal government on Monday.
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that → prevent → Monday
The ban on so-called non-compete clauses, part of the government’s plans to boost productivity across the economy, follows growing evidence their use by some firms is having a “chilling effect” on workers whose skills may be better rewarded with another employer.
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skills → call → employer
Assistant Productivity and Competition Minister Andrew Leigh said banning non-competes was aimed at making the economy work more efficiently while delivering better wages.
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economy → say → wages
“Workers shouldn’t need their old boss’s permission to take a better job.
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Workers → need → job
Non-compete clauses can act like a padlock on opportunity, holding down wages and keeping people from jobs where their skills are worth more.
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skills → act → jobs
We’re cutting that padlock,” he said.
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he → cut → padlock
Research by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found almost 47 per cent of businesses use some type of non-compete clause.
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cent → find → clause
But the bureau found other restrictions, which have a direct impact on workers’ ability to use their skills in a better paying job, are widely employed by businesses including client non-solicitation clauses (25.4 per cent), non-compete clauses (20.8 per cent) and bans on the solicitation of co-workers (18 per cent).
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which → find → workers
Separate research by the e61 think tank has found that banning non-compete clauses could lift the wages of affected workers by up to $2500 a year.
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banning → find → 2500
Submissions to an inquiry into non-competes last year revealed the extent to how they are being used to reduce the ability of employees to move to new jobs.
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they → reveal → jobs
In one case, a person on less than $80,000 a year was barred from taking a job in the same industry in Australia and New Zealand.
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person → bar → Australia
In another case, a graduate engineer on $63,000 found a clause in their contract that prevented them from working anywhere else in Victoria for the next year if they left the company.
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they → find → company
Bricklayers, nurses and retail workers were revealed to have non-compete clauses that had traditionally been used in high-income professions in which trade secrets may have a particularly high value.
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secrets → reveal → value
Apart from the draft legislation on non-compete clauses for people earning less than $190,000, the government will also consult on a series of related employment restraints including non-solicitation and no-poach clauses and wage-fixing arrangements.
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government → earn → clauses
The government plans to offer “appropriate exemptions and safeguards” to protect what are considered legitimate business interests.
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what → plan → exemptions
This may include the transfer of corporate secrets with some businesses concerned that staff they have trained may take those skills to a competitor or set up their own firm.
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they → include → firm
Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth said non-compete clauses were hurting the entire economy.
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clauses → say → economy
“Labor is determined to help boost job mobility for more than three million Australian workers constrained by a non-compete clause, including childcare workers, construction workers and hairdressers,” she said.
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she → determine → workers
Consultation on the legislation will run until October 2.
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Consultation → run → October
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