The first law linked in your article ( https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Ch... ) seems to me further reaching than the lesser of the two NY bills (S6748). Am I missing something here?

My bad; I was thinking of the greater of the two NY bills:

> Bill No. S3100A, proposes a ban on all non-compete agreements,

FWIW, to add to the joy, non-competes have been officially banned in Ontario since Oct 25, 2021 (but rejected by the courts for a long time before that. I suspect they're not enforceable in other provinces; but officially not allowed in Ontario.)

So that means for all employees in the greater Toronto area. (And Toronto is 4th biggest city in North America just after Chicago).

The textbook I read to study for my provincial Engineering Law and Ethics exam had a section on non-competes. It straight up said the vast majority of non-competes are not enforceable but warned that the more specific the circumstances described by the non-compete the greater the chance that a court would enforce it.

The example they used for something that would most likely be enforced was a geologist working for company A doing a mining survey in a area under a 6 month non-compete cause would definitely not legally be allowed to take a job for company B to do a survey in the same area until the non-compete expired.

I had a recent job offer that included a rather restrictive non-compete. They were actually really good about just dropping it when I pointed out that it's not permissible under Ontario law.

It feels good that there's positive progress in this direction.

Most non-competes are banned in the third largest city in North America too. Seems like with NYC on board most major employment centers will be covered.