The surprising, painful ways companies are using noncompete agreements




PBS NewsHour - Making Sen$e show

Summary: There’s a growing movement to restrict, or even ban, employee noncompete agreements. Nearly 40 percent of all American workers have, at some point, signed such contracts, which critics say do something decidedly un-American: stifle competition. The NewsHour reveals that even lampshade makers and licensed foster care parents are asked to sign them. Special correspondent Duarte Geraldino reports.