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Australian government will ban 'no-poach' deals, noncompetes if reelected

By James Panichi ( March 26, 2025, 03:11 GMT | Insight) -- “No-poach” agreements among employers would be banned under proposed changes to Australia’s competition law, while all employees earning under $110,000 would be freed from the “handcuffs” of noncompete contractual clauses, under changes proposed by the government this week. Just days before the expected announcement of a federal election, the government vowed to scrap the existing employment exemptions under the 2010 Competition and Consumer Act and ban no-poach arrangements that are designed to prevent workers from moving freely from one company to another.Competition law would be changed to make “no-poach” agreements among employers illegal while all employees earning under A$175,000 ($110,000) would be freed from the “handcuffs” of noncompete contractual clauses, under changes proposed by the government this week....

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