The debate over whether noncompete agreements help or hurt employees is addressed in four research papers forthcoming in top journals and co-authored by management professor Evan Starr at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. The results, he says,…
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Study: Wage Theft Runs Rampant During Recessions
Employers are more likely to cheat their workers during periods of high unemployment. It happened during the Great Recession of 2008. It’s even more likely during the COVID recession, in part because of President Trump’s recent executive order relaxing enforcement.