Under the final Noncompete Rule, the FTC adopts a comprehensive ban on new noncompetes with all workers, including senior executives. On April 23, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission voted 32 to finalize and promulgate a rule banning most noncompete clauses in employeremployee contracts.In the economic wake of the pandemic, employers and employees alike face critical decisions concerning the use, application, and enforceability of non-competes. Non-compete agreements are contracts between workers and firms that delay employees' ability to work for competing firms. Compete agreement is a contract where an employee agrees not to compete with an employer after the employment period is over. The FTC rule banning noncompetes, which would have affected many physicians, has been struck down and will not take effect Sept. The final rule bans employers from offering or entering into new noncompete arrangements with all "workers," regardless of position or compensation. U.S. Department of the Treasury. "It's not something that seems to be on its way out with the outgoing administration.