Meanings
- not comparableForbidding the poaching of employees by another company.
[…] deliberate collusive monopsonies, or "shut-in" devices, including nonpoaching agreements […]
1973, William H. Hutt, The strike-threat system, page 1121 more example
Nonpoaching covenants, preventing the employee from seeking to hire other employees, need to be limited to specific categories of senior employees whose departure would damage the business […]
2006, Philip M. Berkowitz, Thomas Müller-Bonanni, International labor and employment law, page 190
Origin
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