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Senior employees, ordered back to the office, are jumping ship


At a time when employee retention should be of a top concern, some companies are using questionable ways of enforcing return-to-office mandates.

If, by some miracle, the Federal Trade Commission’s move to strike down most existing and future non-compete agreements takes effect this year, an increasing number of employees looking for new work could wind up at competitors. And while RTO policy pronouncements have slowed in recent months, there have been numerous reports of affected employees searching for new jobs, refusing to comply, and even taking legal action. And with neither side willing to give in, the fight will continue to bubble up this year and perhaps even next, leaving employees frustrated and on the hunt for new jobs — and companies in danger of undermining their best assets: their workers.

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