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US: No-poach case against Domino’s to proceed

By  |  May 29, 2019

Domino’s Pizza and its franchising affiliates must face an antitrust challenge to a “no poach” agreement barring the chain’s stores from recruiting or hiring one another’s workers, reported Bloomberg Law. The proposed class action by former Domino’s worker Harley Blanton plausibly claims the no-poach clause “depresses employee wages, lessens employee benefits, and stifles employee mobility,” a federal judge ruled May 24.

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    In November, a class action lawsuit was filed against Domino’s, alleging that the company created a Domino’s no poaching agreement that hurt its employees.

    The plaintiff who filed the suit alleged that there was a Domino’s no poaching agreement between the company’s various franchises that hamstrung employees’ career mobility and kept their wages down.

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