The Clash famously asked “Should I stay, or should I go?” on their 1982 album, Combat Rock, and with recent attacks on non-competes at both the state and federal level, some employers are imposing additional costs on employees who take advantage of an employer’s training opportunities only to leave and join a competitor. So-called “stay or pay” clauses, or training-repayment-agreement-provisions (TRAPs), typically require an employee to pay the employer the cost the employer incurred to train the employee if the employee leaves their employment within a certain ...
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Recent Updates
- Health Care Non-Competes: 2025
- Wyoming Joins the List of States Banning Some Noncompete Agreements
- Arkansas Prohibits Noncompetes for Physicians
- New York State Proposes Bill to Ban Noncompetes Except for Highly Compensated Workers and in Sales of Businesses
- Texas Joins List of Legislatures Seeking to Ban Noncompete Agreements