Noncompete agreements are becoming boilerplate in employment contracts, and for employees, there’s nothing good about them. They create enormous uncertainty about future job options and worry about launching a new business.

Their use is spurring legislative fights in leading tech-industry states.

Employers see noncompete agreements as a “low-cost measure to bind their workforce,” said Massachusetts State Rep. Lori Ehrlich (D-Essex), in an interview. She has been trying to get noncompetes banned in that state for years.

The use of noncompete agreements may be increasingly common.

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