The non-poaching pacts vary, but generally they eliminate or limit franchise owners' ability to hire workers from other locations within the franchise. “This is patently unfair and against the ideals of a so-called free market,” Booker said in an interview. State policy may provide another avenue for freeing workers from non-poaching legislation. One in 5 workers with a high school education or less signed “noncompete” agreements of some kind, the researchers find. But Warren and Booker are starting with what experts identified as perhaps the simplest example of a corporate practice that makes the market less competitive.

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2018 18:09 UTC