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Saks, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and other luxury retailers were accused in a lawsuit of agreeing to not hire sales clerks from each other’s stores in violation of US antitrust law.
The companies conspired to enter into “no-hire agreements†that prohibit them from hiring employees who have worked within six months for rival brands, according to the complaint filed last week in federal court in Brooklyn, New York.
The three clerks who sued say the practice illegally depresses their earning power by limiting the competition for workers.
One Saks clerk said she learned of the arrangement when she emailed a Louis Vuitton store manager in search of a new job.