Canada has implemented new legislation to make it a criminal offence for two or more employers to engage in wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements regarding employees.
The legislation took effect June 23 with amendments to the Competition Act’s conspiracy provisions. It is now criminally prohibited for employers from different companies to make deals together that will “fix, maintain, decrease or control salaries, wages or terms and conditions of employment.” The same is true for companies to make arrangements “to not solicit or hire each other’s employees.”
