It’s the reverse. Companies get in trouble for agreeing to not poach employees from each other.
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StarManta@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Hiring someone that OpenAI chose to fire is pretty clearly fair play, but how does this declaration not directly run afoul of anti-poaching laws?
5BC2E7@lemmy.world 7 months ago
bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What anti-poaching laws? At most this would violate non-compete clauses that may exist, but those generally aren’t enforceable anyways.
BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Most non-poaching clauses in non-competes specify that the person signing it can’t recruit employees from their old work, usually for X number of years. Microsoft almost certainly didn’t sign any non-competes and unless Sam Altman is the one making this offer there aren’t any non-compete violations happening.
ericisshort@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Non-competes and poaching clauses aren’t based on any laws, and it turns out they aren’t even legally binding in many cases.
BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m not arguing they are, but that they aren’t relevant at all in this case. They aren’t even designed to address this situation (binding or otherwise).
Jackcooper@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The only thing I’m familiar with that resembles anti poaching laws in America is tampering rules in sports leagues but they have all these exemptions and such. Anti poaching laws in tech industry would be pretty catastrophic.
grayman@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You can’t go to the business and recruit. Public statements, LinkedIn messages, etc are totally fine.
cbarrick@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Anti-poaching laws?
IIUC companies in the US can poach all they want. Non-poach agreements are not enforceable, I think.
It would be pretty anticompetitive to allow non-poach agreements, considering that the US uses at-will employment. If a competitor wants to make an offer to your employees, your employees should be free to accept that offer. At-will employment is a two-way street.