‘Say Yes To The Dress’ Designer Shares How Noncompetes Left Her ‘Financially Devastated’

Before you say “yes” to that dream job, you better read the fine print.

Noncompetes, which stop employees from starting their own businesses in the same industry and working for a competitor for a set period after the employment ends, can be devastating, says wedding dress designer Hayley Paige Gutman.

Gutman shared her testimony with a Senate economic policy subcommittee on Monday, three-and-a-half years after the start of a noncompete legal battle with her former employer, JLM Couture, and three months after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a new rule banning noncompetes.

Hayley Paige. Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Runway Heroes

Gutman was not allowed to work in wedding dress

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