Conditions of Employment

(asked on 13th October 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to bring forward legislation to limit the length of post-termination non-compete clauses in (i) contracts of employment and (ii) limb (b) worker contracts to three months.


Answered by
Kevin Hollinrake Portrait
Kevin Hollinrake
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
This question was answered on 18th October 2023

On 10 May the Government announced that it will be introducing a statutory limit on the length of non-compete clauses of 3 months. This formed part of a wider policy paper, ‘Smarter regulation to grow the economy’, which focused on how we can improve regulation across the board to reduce burdens, push down the cost of living and drive economic growth.

Introducing the statutory limit on the length of non-compete clauses of 3 months will require primary legislation and the Government will introduce this legislation when parliamentary time allows.

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