By Jody Godoy

(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission barred the largest pet cremation business in the U.S. from enforcing its noncompete agreements with 1,800 workers on Thursday, saying they unfairly diminish workers’ leverage with their employer.

FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson said in a statement on Thursday that the action shows how the agency can use enforcement actions against targeted instances of unfair noncompete agreements, even without the rule passed by his predecessor, Lina Khan, that would ban such agreements nationwide.

Thursday’s action “makes clear that the Trump-Vance Commission will act as a cop on the beat, enforcing the antitrust laws against unlawful noncompete agreements to protect American workers, rather than trying to legislate them away,” Ferguson said.

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