Richard Powers, Acting-Head of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, noted that in accordance with the Presidential Executive Order on competition the Division will scrutinize labor practices. Powers stated, “The Division has become increasingly alert to and concerned by business conduct and transactions that harm competition for working people.”
At issue are violations of antitrust law that suppress wages including collusion among employers, no-poach agreements, and requiring employees to sign agreements not to take employment with a competitor. 
Powers deprecated practices that restrict wages and salaries referring to them as analogous to agreements to fix prices of products and commodities that are also subject to prosecution.