The Belgian Competition Authority recently rendered a decision imposing significant fines totaling EUR 47 million on competitors guilty of a variety of anti-competitive agreements, including ‘no-hire’ clauses. A ‘no-hire’ agreement (also called a ‘non-poaching’ agreement) is an agreement that one employer will not recruit or hire another employer’s employees. In some limited contexts (primarily in service contracts), these agreements may be enforceable. Significantly, however, the…