Sedgwick Hit With Proposed Class Action Over No-Poach Agreements

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. is being sued in federal court by a former employee who alleges the insurance services provider engaged in illegal no-poach deals that restrained employee mobility.

Plaintiff Mamnoon Khan claims he was unable to secure a substantially higher-paying position with a different company due to a secret “no-poach” agreement that business had with Sedgwick, according to a proposed class action filed Dec. 20 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

“Defendant’s agreements harmed employees by lowering salaries and benefits its employees otherwise would have commanded in an open marketplace and deprived such ...