DOL, FTC Partner Up On Employment Issues

The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have partnered to fight anticompetitive, unfair and deceptive practices in a new formal collaboration between the agencies.

In September, the DOL and the FTC signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at bolstering the efforts of both agencies "to protect workers by promoting competitive U.S. labor markets and practices, as well as combat unfair methods of competition, that harm workers," they announced.

The MOU outlines ways the agencies will work together on key issues such as labor market concentration, one-sided contract terms and labor developments in the gig economy, including sharing information, conducting cross-training and partnering on investigative efforts.