Power at Work Blogcast #3: Non-Compete Agreements and Worker Power

On Friday, January 13th at 3PM ET/12 noon PT, join Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris for a conversation with Elizabeth Wilkins, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning, and Prof. Sanjukta Paul of the University of Michigan Law School about the FTC's new proposed rule that would prohibit non-compete agreements in employment contracts.

The conversation will be live streamed here: https://PowerAtWork.us/.

If you’re unable to join live, both video and downloadable audio will be available after the blogcast on this Power At Work Blog.

This in-depth conversation will examine the FTC proposed rule and other topics at the intersection of antitrust law, labor law, and worker power. Elizabeth Wilkins is a former senior Biden White House official and currently serves as a top policy advisor to FTC Chair Lina Khan and the other FTC commissioners. Sanjukta Paul is an internationally recognized expert in labor and antitrust and broader issues of law and market governance. Her forthcoming book Solidarity in the Shadow of Antitrust: Labor and the Legal Idea of Competition reinterprets major developments in the history of antitrust law in relation to labor and workers.

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