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Obama Administration Targets Noncompetes and Wage Collusion

October 26, 2016

Via: SHRM
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The White House announced on Oct. 25 certain steps that will be taken to address wage collusion and the overuse of noncompetition agreements in the workplace.

The action plans are in response to an executive order President Barack Obama issued in April that called for federal agencies to identify specific steps they can take to promote competition and economic growth.

Although average household incomes rose in 2015, “the president has made clear that there is still more work to do to reverse longer-run patterns of stagnant wage growth and rising income inequality,” according to a White House fact sheet.

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