Our union has seen an increase in the frequency of non-compete clauses in employment contracts.
In a worrying trend, IEU-QNT Industrial Services Officer Melanie Stellmacher says employers across all sectors were increasingly using restraint-of-trade, otherwise known as non-compete clauses.
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