Based on current budget timelines, it is anticipated
that the applicability date will be October 1, 2021, when the next
fiscal year begins.
In our
Alert published January 22, 2021, entitled
"Washington, D.C. Employers Prepare for Broad Ban on
Noncompetes and Related Workplace Policies," we detailed the
various provisions of the broad, new Ban
on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020
and explained that the law would take effect after a 30-day
congressional review period, approval and publication in the
District of Columbia Register. It is important to clarify,
however, that approval requires that the District of Columbia
Council fund the law through the appropriations process. Therefore,
the law will not actually go into effect until its inclusion in an
approved budget and financial plan (the "effective
date").
