Effective Date of D.C. Ban on Non-competition Agreements Pushed Back to April 2022

Brief Summary: The District of Columbia’s “Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020” was signed into law in January 2021. This ban defines an employee as an “individual who performs work in the District on behalf of an employer and any prospective employee who an employer reasonably anticipates will perform work on behalf of the employer in the District.” The Act’s enforceability is tied to the District’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget and was originally set to go into effect on or around March 16, 2021. This date was recently pushed back to April 1, 2022 at the earliest.