On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition
in the American Economy. Its goal is to reduce the trend of corporate
consolidation, increase competition, and deliver concrete benefits to America's consumers,
workers, and small businesses.
To that end, the Treasury Department has been investigating competition in the beer, wine, and spirits industries. Earlier this week, it published its report.
It details how the government should be working to open up competition in these industries to help the small businesses that fuel it.
It also makes some specific recommendations, including on the anticompetitive dangers of horizontal consolidation within the industry, and how state laws (such as beverage franchise laws) can be amended to eliminate or mitigate the anticompetitive
effects of states' traditional three-tier supply chain system of passing alcoholic beverages from the producer/supplier, to the distributor/wholesaler, and ultimately to the retailer.
If you have any interest in these industries in particular, or more generally as to how the power of state and federal governments can be harnessed to help free enterprise by removing barriers to competition, I recommend reading the Treasury Department's report.
Here's what else I read this past week that I think you should be reading, too.
‘The New Normal’: Lessons Learned Working from Home — via HR Hero Line
What the heck is ‘bleisure’ and how could your company get sued over it? — via The Employer Handbook Blog
Your Workers Are Trying To Unionize. What Can You Do? — via The Emplawyerologist
Your Workers Are Trying To Unionize. What Can You Do? — via The Emplawyerologist
No COVID Tests At Your Drug Store? Blame The Supreme Court. — via Above the Law
Apple to offer paid parental leave and more sick days to retail employees — via Engadget HD
Is Paid Family Leave Friend or Foe to the Bottom Line? — via HR Hero Line
DOL to add 100 wage and hour investigators — via HR Dive
How Phishers Are Slinking Their Links Into LinkedIn — via Krebs on Security
The complicated case of Threes, 2048, and the giants that ripped everyone off in the end — via The Verge
Apple to offer paid parental leave and more sick days to retail employees — via Engadget HD
Is Paid Family Leave Friend or Foe to the Bottom Line? — via HR Hero Line
DOL to add 100 wage and hour investigators — via HR Dive
How Phishers Are Slinking Their Links Into LinkedIn — via Krebs on Security
The complicated case of Threes, 2048, and the giants that ripped everyone off in the end — via The Verge