Wage-fixing agreements

Competition Bureau Canada
Competition Bureau Canada
7.1 هزار بار بازدید - پارسال - With the June 2022 amendments
With the June 2022 amendments to the Competition Act, agreements between employers to agree to fix, maintain, decrease or control wages or other terms of employment, as well as to refrain from hiring or trying to hire one another’s employees, will be illegal beginning on June 23, 2023.

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Wage-Fixing Agreements

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Meet Zoe and Omar. They run businesses in the tech industry. Instead of attracting the best talent with competitive salaries...

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Image on-screen: Split vertically. One side shows a smiling figure in front a downtown high-rise building with the sign “ACME” on the front. The other side shows a smiling figure in front of a different downtown high-rise building with the sign “ABC Co” on the front.

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...they secretly agree to pay their employees a certain wage.

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Image on-screen: Split vertically, showing the two figures from the shoulders up, talking on cellphones, tilting their heads, expressive eyebrows, and nodding.

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This is wage-fixing. It often means workers are paid less than a competitive rate.

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Image on-screen: Animated text that reads “THIS IS WAGE-FIXING”. A figure sitting at in an office chair at a desk with a laptop, picture frame and coffee mug on it. A clock is on the wall behind the desk. The figure is frowning and looks defeated.

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While this allows Zoe and Omar to keep their costs low, it also means companies are not competing for the best talent.

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Image on-screen: Split vertically. One side shows a figure sitting on a office chair at a desk with a monitor and keyboard on it. The figure has a focused expression and is looking at a document that reads “ACME Expenses” and shows a declining line chart with a “$” sign. The other side shows a figure standing in front of a desk with a picture frame and laptop on it and office chair. A clock is also on the wall behind the figure. The figure has a focused expression and is looking at a document that reads “ABC Inc. Expenses” and shows a declining line chart with a “$” sign.

Image on-screen: Animated text slides down from the top that reads “COMPANIES ARE NOT COMPETING FOR THE BEST TALENT”

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As of June 23, wage-fixing agreements are illegal in Canada.

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Image on-screen:  Animated text reads “WAGE-FIXING AGREEMENTS ARE ILLEGAL IN CANADA”, with emphasis on the word “illegal”.
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