Labor Issues Still On The Minds Of Federal And State Regulators

ICYMI* - The Federal Trade Commission's new Chairman created a "Joint Labor Task Force" to prioritize "investigations and prosecutions of deceptive, unfair, or anticompetitive labor market conduct and coordinating all such actions across the Bureaus, creating information-sharing protocols across the FTC's Bureaus and offices to exchange best practices for uncovering and investigating such conduct." The FTC also recently finalized a settlement that challenged clauses in a management agreement where residential and commercial building owners were limited from hiring building service workers who were employed by the management company. Under the settlement agreement, these clauses can no longer be enforced.