{"id":2669,"date":"2026-05-27T10:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/?p=2669"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:36:35","slug":"tennessee-imposes-minimum-pay-thresholds-for-noncompetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2026\/05\/27\/tennessee-imposes-minimum-pay-thresholds-for-noncompetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Imposes Minimum Pay Thresholds for Noncompetes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Effective July 1, 2026, the new Tennessee law prohibits employers from requiring, requesting, or enforcing a noncompete agreement against an employee whose annualized compensation is less than $70,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statute defines \u201cannualized compensation\u201d to include \u201ctotal . . . wages, salary, commissions, nondiscretionary bonuses, and other forms of remuneration, calculated on an annualized basis.\u201d Unlike recently enacted laws in some states, the new Tennessee law does not prohibit employers from requiring hourly employees to sign noncompetes altogether; it merely requires the employee to meet the $70,000 \u201cannualized compensation\u201d threshold \u201cby multiplying the employee\u2019s hourly rate by forty (40) and multiplying the product by fifty-two (52).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Littler:<\/em>
Thumb on the Scale: Tennessee Enacts New Reasonableness Presumptions for Noncompete Agreements While Outlawing Covenants for Lower-Wage Earners<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Effective July 1, 2026, the new Tennessee law prohibits employers from requiring, requesting, or enforcing a noncompete agreement against an employee whose annualized compensation is less than $70,000. The statute defines \u201cannualized compensation\u201d to include \u201ctotal . . . wages, salary, commissions, nondiscretionary bonuses, and other forms of remuneration, calculated on an annualized basis.\u201d Unlike recently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":1680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","header_top_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[409,272,408],"class_list":["post-2669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-minimum-pay","tag-noncompetes","tag-tennessee"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t