NY Senate Sweetens Offer to Hochul to Sign Non-Compete Ban

New York state Senate leaders have offered to exempt workers earning more than $300,000 per year from a measure banning non-compete clauses in employment contracts that Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) must sign or veto by Saturday, according to Albany sources familiar with negotiations.

Both houses of the legislature would have to approve any deal early next year under a chapter amendment in exchange for Hochul signing the bill that passed the legislature in June. A chapter amendment changes enacted legislation as part of a deal legislators make with a governor to avoid a veto on the original measure. The business ...