{
  "id": 13111158,
  "title": "KKR Bans Non-Competes for Lower-Paid US Portfolio Company Staff",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/kkr-bans-non-competes-for-lower-paid-us-portfolio-company-staff",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-09T11:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-09/kkr-bans-non-competes-for-lower-paid-us-portfolio-company-staff"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KKR & Co. has prohibited non-compete agreements for lower-paid employees at its US portfolio companies, aiming to show that the restrictive contracts aren’t needed for firms to remain competitive.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}