No Poaching Agreements and Antitrust Enforcement

No-poaching agreements are agreements among rival employers to not recruit or hire another firm’s employees. These agreements affect the price of an input and harm the employee in the form of lower compensation. A number of high profile no poaching cases have been brought by the government and private parties, alleging hiring practices that include information exchange and agreements not to hire. In 2016, the antitrust agencies released guidelines targeted to human resource professionals, outl