Non-Competes Might Mean Loss Of Benefits

Skapare writes "WashTech is running a story about how having a non-compete agreement could cause loss of unemployment benefits. While non-compete agreements are addressed in unemployment benefits policies, it seems you still get shafted because it forces you to accept any employment outside your field, making it much harder to find work in your field. Personally, I think the employers with whom you have a non-compete agreement should be the ones paying you unemployment benefits."

Comments

Eliminate unemployment compensation

[Adam J. Richter]

If we didn't have government intervention in the form of unemployment compensation, then we wouldn't have this issue. Instead we'd have lower taxes, more money to spend on other government service, or less deficit (moving money from treasury bills to other invesments like stocks or corporate bonds, which create jobs). People could use the resulting extra money to save for the possibility of losing their jobs.

Your expenses are your own fault.

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's four reasons: your kids. I'm sure you love them, but you make it sound as now it's OUR responsibility.

Kids cost a lot of money, one should not be having them if one cannot afford to. To blindly go through life thinking the money will be there is stupid, and insults our intelligence. This is not like a meteor fell on you, you on four occasions were not able to keep a sperm cell from entering an ova. I believe in helping people who fall into trouble that they didn't cause, but you made you own bed (and impregnated in it as well).

Get a job, any job. Get two if you have to. You had the kids, now it's your responsibility to support them. How? That's your deal, you didn't consult us before having them, so therefore its your burden. To even bring them up is painting yourself as some victim.

Re:They pay for it

[Blue Stone]

There isn't a union for tech workers?????????????????

Why on earth not???????