AB 1180 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: prohibitions on postemployment nonsolicitation clauses in employment contracts.

This bill prohibits employers from including clauses in employment contracts that prevent former employees from recruiting other current or former employees after leaving their job. It applies to all workers, including assistants, servants, employees, and agents, and declares such nonsolicitation provisions illegal and unenforceable as unreasonable restraints on trade. Employers must post a notice in conspicuous locations and on their websites explaining that these post-employment recruitment restrictions are void. The law takes effect for any employment contract that is entered into, extended, modified, or renewed on the bill's effective date.
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Introduced Mar 19, 2026 Last action Mar 30, 2026
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Introduced by Representatives Bare, Udell, Anderson, Arney, Clancy, Fitzgerald, Miresse, Sheehan and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Larson and Roys
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