Bill stops companies from blocking low-wage workers from new jobs
H.R. 10879 — Workers’ Right to Compete Act · Filed by Ro Khanna (D-CA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill makes non-compete deals unenforceable for workers earning less than $100,000 per year. The $100,000 limit goes up each year with inflation. Employers must tell workers within 30 days that their non-compete deals no longer work. Employers can still use deals to protect trade secrets and private information.
Who it affects
Workers earning below $100,000 per year can now change jobs without legal trouble. They can work for rivals. Employers keep the right to protect trade secrets and private information through other deals.
One thing to notice
Workers earning below $100,000 gain freedom to switch jobs. Workers earning more may still face non-compete limits.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Oct 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- trade secrets — Secret information a company uses to run its business, like recipes or formulas.
- private information — Facts or data a company does not want shared with others.
- inflation — When prices go up over time, so money buys less than it did before.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (7,747 characters) on Oct 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,420 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-25.
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