United States : Antitrust Agencies issue Guidance to Human Ressources Professionals regarding the Employment Marketplace

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. In October 2016, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission issued guidelines entitled "Antitrust Guidance for Human Resources Professionals". As its title indicates, this is a document aimed at human resources professionals that describes the practice of antitrust authorities, as well as the practice that companies should adopt regarding "the labor and labor market". Clearly, the US federal authorities identify a number of risk behaviours that companies should avoid when seeking to hire, retain or poach employees. For example, the paper states that firms competing for employees are competitors in the employment marketplace. Agreements and