John Kennedy Gives His Blunt Take On Noncompete Agreements

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At a Senate Banking Committee hearing prior to the Congressional recess, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) spoke about noncompete clauses.
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@sallyanne883 Ай бұрын

John K. Is a thoughtful gentleman who contributes a great deal to our legislation in a positive manner

@user-fq9od8zj7b Ай бұрын

Country Fried Phony.

@freebird59 Ай бұрын

Love himmm

@douglemay7989 Ай бұрын

@@user-fq9od8zj7b If Hooterville ever finds Mr. Haney, they will drag him back with them. Every village needs its idiot!

@DarrenGlen Ай бұрын

He takes most people he is questioning by surprise i think because he comes across as a kinda old man thats meandering and mumbling a bit with that accent....and then he just cuts to the heart of the matter and blows the lid off the whole reality of the problem with such brilliance its mesmerizing to watch. And then he comes out with one liners that are so succinct and appropriate...i try and use them in my daily discussion. One of my favourites of his is "the guy is just like a Rock, only Dumber...". You are a very special man Mr Kennedy.

@Inkling777 Ай бұрын

Yes, Sen. Kennedy is a bit like the popular TV detective Colombo.

@danny1682 Ай бұрын

Can't stand his stupid, cutesy behavior. He can't come to the point and then oops, my time is up.

@Janet-wb1yc Ай бұрын

I love when he says, “it’s right here, as big as Dallas”

@petepanozzo6854 Ай бұрын

John Kennedy is such a brilliant mind

@user-fq9od8zj7b Ай бұрын

Brilliant phony

@aintthatright616 Ай бұрын

Has*

@petepanozzo6854 Ай бұрын

@@aintthatright616 “isntthatright616”* (English teacher)

@ezguy91701 Ай бұрын

We need more leaders like Senator John Kennedy.

@tooge47 Ай бұрын

NO, what we NEED are senators who's telephones get ANSWERED !!!

@bobbiejo66 Ай бұрын

Love your philosophy Senator Kennedy and your sence of humor.

@helixreggae Ай бұрын

Regards, thank you,

@UniversalPatriots Ай бұрын

God Bless John Kennedy. A True American Patriot.

@blakenolen5062 Ай бұрын

Girl behind him is looking into my soul

@sallyanne883 Ай бұрын

Haha....I think she's comatose

@stevenfromer3816 Ай бұрын

@@sallyanne883🤣good one centurion

@pmmahone1 Ай бұрын

Dang! I thought she was looking into MY soul...

@user-bw7oy7vy2t Ай бұрын

HEAR ☆☆ HEAR! HE NEVER FAILS TO DO OR SAY WHAT IS GOING ON!!!

@charliefoxtrotter Ай бұрын

"It's as big as Dallas!"

@ilb735 Ай бұрын

Free enterprise ? ( for all!?..😂)

@christicrenshaw2772 Ай бұрын

Why do people in the background always look like statues? Are they not allowed to move?

@thebalderthor4884 Ай бұрын

They can. They keep still out of respect.

@stevenfromer3816 Ай бұрын

Because they are bored stiff less

@Cassander314 Ай бұрын

They’re interns

@MamaMOB Ай бұрын

Why is that one girl making direct eye contact with the camera the entire video? At least the other dude isn't distracting me by staring directly into my soul!

@charliedaniels1 Ай бұрын

Are you wanting them to dance around? What are you expecting

@charliedaniels1 Ай бұрын

Kennedy is a slow genius-like “Columbo”

@MamaMOB Ай бұрын

Is the woman sitting behind him having an affair with the cameraman? Because she cannot take her eyes off the camera! We have laws that protect business information and we have laws that protect trade secrets. So why do we need corporations to tell we the people and other corporations they're not allowed to work together? We don't. Use the laws that already exist to prevent people from stealing from your company. Don't steal their ability to work from them just in case. Non-compete agreement should be illegal. They're not a two-way street they're a gun to someone's head. If you want this job you'll agree to not work if we fire you. How is it the government does not understand what a figurative gun to the Head is?

@charliedaniels1 Ай бұрын

As a nurse with a home health agency, I had to sign a “non-compete” agreement. I don’t agree with it but I get it. They wanted consistency with their nurses for continuity of care. Otherwise many nurses jump to the next home health agency that pays more or offers a bonus-which gives the company a bad look (since patients get attached and comfortable with a stable nurse in their homes).

@Hectorszenshopedc Ай бұрын

Addict money spenders

@ashleighgargiulo2385 28 күн бұрын

Just when I think I couldnt love or respect Sennator Kennedy more, he endears me more. I hope I get to give him a hug one day.

@user-bw7oy7vy2t Ай бұрын

I ONLY PAY ATTENTION TO SENATOR KENNEDY !!!!!!

@Riskmangler Ай бұрын

Contracts of Adhesion - Exactly. In the absence of relative equality in bargaining power between parties, a non-compete agreement is a contract of adhesion and should be illegal.

@markjenkins3493 22 күн бұрын

25 yrs ago i was fired for refusing to sign a non compete. 18 months later i started a business to compete with my former employer. To date the company i started has done 100 million dollars worth of business. I warned them. Thank u masco

@tomf429 Ай бұрын

I learned this in Business Law 50 years ago. Knox and Murray's Ice Cream Parlor. They were partners. They had a falling out. Knox bought Murray out with a handshake and understanding that they would part ways and move on. Murray bought the big house directly across the street and opened Murray's Ice Cream Parlor. Knox sued for non-compete since all of Murray's business was at Knox's loss. Knox won a settlement. Both businesses existed for decades thereafter - directly across the street from one another. No price wars. No hostilities. They both died friends. They split the business when they were together, and split the business as competitors.

@ruthnovena40 Ай бұрын

WHY does Warren sit on so many comm.?

@pmmahone1 Ай бұрын

Because democrats own the senate. Elections have consequences.

@danny1682 Ай бұрын

She is on 4 committees, 3 are allowed and the 4th by special permission from Schumer. She and her staff are willing to work and spend many hours to understand the facts and see how they can help the everyday people like you and me.

@rrrrsorry8408 Ай бұрын

@@danny1682bs

@user-ds6fd4mp1g 26 күн бұрын

We love you brother kennedy

@sarahkalenda3305 Ай бұрын

They all look like they need a good eight hours of sleep.

@juanmontenegro2025 16 күн бұрын

I've never signed a non-compete agreement. They never fired me, and 18 month later, I left that job and started my own junk removal businesses in florida. I was working as a W2 employee, but the employer was paying me as 1099 independent contractor. Today, I received a text message from this former employer saying that I violated the non-compete agreement and he is going to sue me if I don't close my new business. While I was working for that company, I was making $180 a day. Most of the time, I worked from 9 to 14 hours a day without benefits and no overtime pay Does anyone in here know if this becomes a legal issue or not?

@firstname-gq5yr Ай бұрын

Leave me alone is so important. Control isn't freedom. Unfortunately safty isn't freedom

@saywhatnow57 28 күн бұрын

My wife was once asked to sign a non-compete that given her resignation or dismissal would for two years restrict her from working within her chose field. Which is cancer research... She didn't agree to it. They still hired her because they needed her. Meanwhile, I offered to sign one last week because I'm developing a program, paid for by another person, and I'd like to use parts of it for something else. I offered to sign a non-compete limiting me from using it for certain specific purposes that might be seen as competitive with the guy paying for it. They're great business tools when used fairly, and fairness shouldn't be so complicated.

@jimhussey7088 Ай бұрын

He always does his homework

@georgea.lozano2619 Ай бұрын

Maybe they should be prohibited for people who lake less than, for example, 5 times the mean salary.

@tooge47 Ай бұрын

Hey, John ! Teach ALL of your offices, including your DC office, HOW TO ANSWER A TELEPHONE AND GET RID OF THE STUPID VOICE MAIL MACHINES

@toddmiller7876 Ай бұрын

Givers and takers of federal tax dollars, state by state. Education rankings, state by state. Do you think the good Senator knows where his state ranks.

@gailcarmack2954 Ай бұрын

At the bottom of everything!

@lauralee9694 Ай бұрын

When ever i feel like everything is hopeless, i like to listen to John Kennedy, and I think we might be ok.

@user-bw7oy7vy2t Ай бұрын

YA THINK?? HOORAY-KEEP LISTENING.

@Kyle-ir3bz Ай бұрын

Noncompete agreements should not exist at all. Period

@realwickedbrew Ай бұрын

I would somewhat disagree. Noncompete agreements should only be able to exist if the employer is required to continue to pay the employee their full salary during the term of the noncompete or until the employee is able to find full time employment or business ownership.

@sap.lawcare Ай бұрын

Senator John Kennedy is a true gentleman and scholar. An exemplary statesman doing nothing more than using his own common-sense to push for fair legislation.

@debbingo1565 Ай бұрын

If companies are going to require a non compete agreement they should have to pay the person during the non compete period ‼️

@Janet-wb1yc Ай бұрын

Agreed

@cheecheemen Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@callicordova4066 Ай бұрын

When did they dig up John Kennedy?

@CrabFiles Ай бұрын

From the democrat party...

@jackylnbrown6071 Ай бұрын

@@CrabFiles He said when, not where.

@keithammleter3824 Ай бұрын

When non-compete agreements were very uncommon, American technology leapt forward and America was very competitive. What used to happen is that researchers working for Company A would have a good idea, but management were for whatever reason not interested. To the boffins with the idea would leave and form their own company, develop their idea, and do very well out of it. But Company A would do well too, because they had been around a while and customers knew they were good. Sometimes Company A would undercover a common product problem, and put their boffins onto solving it, which they did. This would make Company A outcompete Company B, so B would offer A's boffins more money and poach them. So the intellectual property got transferred, and both sets of customers benefited, the two companies kept their market share, and everyone actually is happy. Really, if a company finds it necessary to get its workers to sign non-compete agreements, mostly its a case that they risk workers leaving if they aren't paying enough, or not providing good work conditions, or they have some leverage that prevents people from leaving.

@peoplez129 Ай бұрын

The issue isn't the existence of non competes, the issue is government agencies unilaterally declaring them illegal despite having no congressional authority to do so. There are definitely places where non competes are important. The real reality is this isn't really about anything but allowing foreign business owners to swoop in and steal workers from companies in order to put American businesses out of business. America won't be competitive under the Democrats, it's designed that way, to stop America from being competitive. You try to start up any business in America that would replace something America gets from foreign countries, and you'll be shut down and your money will be tied up in red tape for years, if not decades. They've designed the system so Americans can't create anything to compete with foreign imports.

@liam3284 Ай бұрын

The example used by a former employer, somebody working there thought management was crap, and started their own business in a related area, so management wanted to stop anybody else doing that.

@keithammleter3824 Ай бұрын

@@liam3284 and that's exactly what an employee should do if they don't like management - leave, go to another firm or start their own. That's the ethical thing to do. For an employer's point of view, they are usually better off without the disgruntled worker anyway - they can replace him with somebody better. For an employer to try and prevent a worker from going to another firm or start one, is restraint of trade - restraint of trade is illegal in most if not all Western countries.

@liam3284 Ай бұрын

The way non competes are used is like if buying groceries at Wall Mart means you sign a contract prohibiting you from buying groceries at any other supermarket for the next 12 months. Even if Wall Mart shuts in your town or goes bankrupt, they will still threaten to take you to court for shopping elsewhere. They have always been routine work, worded to be as broad as possible, and entirely one sided, binding the employee, and providing no obligation for the employer.

@iono1019 Ай бұрын

Did he really ask what’s the point in a non-compete with a low wage worker? To deter the employee from leaving. This is why it should be banned. He is playing dumb to protect corporate interests.

@ConnorDaigle 25 күн бұрын

Yeah, no shit. That’s what he said.

@tooge47 Ай бұрын

John is ONE pompous individual, GRANDSTANDING to feed his over-inflated ego

@danny1682 Ай бұрын

Kennedy, who asked you about your philosophy ? Just FOCUS, no one needs to hear the rest

@williamtrotter1963 Ай бұрын

It amazes me that Kennedy passed the 6 th grade

@SandraMartinez-ix6kc Ай бұрын

Madelyn Jiménez 💔😭👎💩🚘🚗🚘🚗navy💔😭💩Jimmy

@Jenskim45 Ай бұрын

John Kennedys theatrical deep South accent, is a joke. How can he expect anybody to believe he is throuthfull

@jackylnbrown6071 Ай бұрын

truthful. And he is.

@gailcarmack2954 Ай бұрын

I dont buy the honesty bit! He continues to lie about babies being killed. After being born.

@sap.lawcare Ай бұрын

When did he lie about this? For example: It's widely known that former Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said that in at least some cases: "the infant would be delivered, the infant would be kept comfortable" and then "a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother" [i.e. a discussion to kill or keep alive the infant]. Even if the infant was born non-viable, this language is disgusting. "Keep it comfortable"... sickening. We all know what he was hinting at. Senator Kennedy isn't pulling this stuff out of thin air. Pro-choice politicians are just so abortion-obsessed that they feel free to spew their dangerous rhetoric without consequence.