DOJ Investigates Google, Apple, and Others For 'No Poaching' Agreement

[ElNono]

"The Department of Justice launched an investigation into the 'No Poaching (http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/18/1515200/google-apple-and-others-accused-of-no-poaching-deal)' agreement between Apple and Google in 2010, but details of the case were only made public for the first time yesterday. TechCrunch was the first to sift through the documents, and has uncovered some ostensibly incriminating evidence (http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/damning-evidence-emerges-in-google-apple-no-poach-antitrust-lawsuit/) against not only Google and Apple, but Pixar, Lucasfilm, Adobe, Intel, and Intuit, as well. According to the filings from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose, these companies did indeed enter 'no poach' agreements with each other, and agreed to refrain from soliciting employees. The documents also indicate they collectively sought to limit their employees' power to negotiate for higher salaries."

[boutons_deux]

Again?

The free market at work. We can always trust, never verify that worshipped UCA will Do The Right Thing.

Another battle in the War on Employees, self-stifling demand when the supply is limited, so salaries are suppressed, rather than allowed to rise "freely".