http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/22/news/jimmy-johns-non-compete/index.html?iid=SF_E_River
The article "Jimmy Johns under fire for Worker contracts" speaks of a report that Jimmy Johns has began to put into their low-wage employee's contract a no compete clause. This means that the employees are not allowed to work for other sub shops in the area. The goal lawmakers say is to keep these workers under their payroll because they will be to scared to quit if they can't find a job.
This article definitely affects the economy of the surrounding businesses because even if they are offering better jobs for these employees they have no way to get them to work and they must look harder and harder for workers.
I think this is smart business for Jimmy Johns because even if they aren't great employers they can still keep employees because they do not think they will be able to find jobs. If I were a competing business i would be outraged because they are taking away possible employees.
A no compete clause on low skill sub shop workers? That seems a little extreme. Although their business must've been negative effected some way for them to make this change. It's interesting.
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