Rollins noncompete order requires worker notices

The FTC finalized its Rollins noncompete order on June 22, 2026, following a public-comment period and a 2–0 vote. It said the action covered more than 18,000 employees. Notification was part of the remedy: current and former workers needed to learn that covered restrictions would no longer be enforced. ^[1]

The April proposal explains the alleged barrier. The FTC said Rollins, parent of Orkin and other brands, typically restricted pest-control work for two years within a 75-mile radius of its locations. These were allegations about employment restrictions, not measured findings here that a particular worker lost a job or that local prices changed. ^[2]

Covered workers in the United States included contractors and former employees from the two years before issuance, with exclusions for equity-eligible directors, officers and senior leaders. Rollins admitted jurisdictional facts, without admitting other allegations or a legal violation. ^[3]

Implementation had concrete tests: individualized notices within 60 days, delivery evidence, and continuing compliance reports. Those are obligations; actual delivery and changes in job mobility require further evidence. ^[3]

This company-specific process followed a different national rule history. A February 12 Federal Register action removed the noncompete rule from the regulations after court vacatur. That procedural history and the Rollins order address different legal instruments. Neither supplies an individualized answer about another worker’s contract. ^[4]

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