The Portuguese Competition Authority for the first time issues statements of objections for an anticompetitive agreement in the labor market against national football league and 31 sports companies who agreed not to hire back employees who terminated their employment due to COVID-19 (Portuguese Professional Football League)

AdC issues Statements of Objections for anticompetitive agreement in the labour market for the first time* The AdC (Portuguese Competition Authority) has issued for the first time Statements of Objections for an agreement not to hire workers, in this case involving the Portuguese Professional Football League and 31 sports companies. This is the first decision regarding an anti-competitive practice in the labour market, that may occur