Labor Violations to Receive New Merger Scrutiny Via Agency Pact

Companies face potentially greater government scrutiny of their workforce practices as federal labor and antitrust regulators team up to cover enforcement blindspots.

The July 19 memorandum of understanding between the National Labor Relations Board and Federal Trade Commission outlines the agencies’ plans to collaborate on staff training, information sharing, and outreach and communication.

The Justice and Labor departments signed a similar agreement in March. Together, the moves advance the Biden administration’s push to address labor and competition concerns through the whole-of-government approach announced in an executive order a year ago. It also arrives amid mounting pressures on tech giants’ and ...