An update on non poaching agreements between companies

[anonymous-user]

Those of you who don’t follow competition law might not have noticed a huge US class action in which various tech companies are accused of anti-competitive practices by (in summary) agreeing not to poach each other’s employees. Two points:-

(a) this could have implications here, as it appears that some UK based agencies may have been involved; and

(b) this highlights a potentially broader issue, namely that employment settlements which involve companies agreeing not to poach etc are potentially unlawful under EU or English competition law.

Whether this is so remains to be seen, but I mention it as many here work in tech sectors where such agreements are not uncommon.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB100014240527...


DRAT: typo in thread title. I wonder why PH does not allow non Mods to edit titles?

[anonymous-user]

Oaching? It's the pain that occurs when your finger falls between the P and O keys on a QWERTY keyboard.


ou are ight onker, he its.

[anonymous-user]

Prevailing wisdom in English law, BTW, is that non poaching deals between companies are OK: Kores v Kolock is the old case on this. But, that was then, this is now.

[anonymous-user]

It varies from business sector to business sector. Some sectors like the clauses, others don't.

Thanks to the helpful Mod who amended the thread title.