Public Lecture “Labour Market Monopsony and Non-Compete Covenants: Putting Labour Law to Work?”
【Date and Time】2024,8.24(Sat.) From 15:00 to 17:00 (Japan Time)
【Venue】the large meeting room on the 3rd floor, 8th Building, Waseda Campus
【Lecturer】David Cabrelli (Professor, University of Edinburgh)
【Commentator】Shinpei Ishida (Professor, Senshu University) (*online participation)
【Language】 English
Caretaker: Hisashi Takeuchi（ICL Research Staff, Professor, Waseda University）
Host: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) Comprehensive Research on the Relationship between Labor and Employment Law and Competition Law（Principal Investigator：Hisashi Takeuchi (Professor, Waseda University)
Co-host：Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University
【Abstract】
In Europe and the U.S., recent studies have been showing that covenants stipulating post-retirement non-competition obligations (the obligation not to work for a company that competes with the employer or to open one’s own business) play a major role in buyer (employer) monopoly in the labour market. Inspired by these studies, the nature of non-competition covenants has become an issue from the perspective of both labour law and competition law.
From the viewpoint of what role labour law can play in regulating buyer monopoly in the labour market, this lecture reviews the common law “Doctrine of Restraint of Trade,” which forms part of labour law on post-employment non-competition obligations in the United Kingdom.
If you are interested in attending, please contact [email protected] (please provide your name and affiliation (if any)); the deadline for registration is Tuesday, August 20.
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