Gig Economy to Get More Scrutiny Under FTC, Labor Department Pact

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Labor signed an agreement to collaborate on training, share information, and partner on investigations, particularly in the gig economy.

The memorandum of understanding, announced Thursday, enables the two agencies to more closely work together on competition issues in US labor markets, they said in a statement. Primary areas of focus will be labor market concentration, one-sided contract terms, and the gig economy, they said.

It’s the most recent in a series of similar agreements between the FTC and Justice Department and other parts of the federal government—particularly labor regulators—meant to deepen enforcement after ...