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In trouble for not stealing competitors` employees?
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Companies often get in trouble for poaching their competitors’ employees. But can agreeing not to steal a company’s workers also create legal problems?That’s a question the Justice Department is currently trying to answer. The agency is reportedly looking at the hiring practices of several of the country’s largest tech firms.
According to people familiar with the investigation, the question is whether companies such as Apple, Google and Yahoo have made an agreement not to recruit each other’s employees, the New York Times reports.
If so, they may be violating antitrust laws.
The investigation’s still in its early stages, so it’s hard to say what the Justice Department will find.
The bottom line for employers, though: It’s smart to avoid both “stealing” other companies’ employees in some cases (when a non-compete’s been signed, for example) and making an agreement not to do so.
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http://www.hrrecruitingalert.com/in-trouble-for-not-stealing-competitors-employe
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