To be clear, this is as a result of amendments that received royal assent last year, but this actually comes into force under the Competition Act on June 23 of this year, which is in a few weeks. Wage-fixing agreements and no-poach agreements will now become illegal under section 45 of the Competition Act.
A no-poach agreement would be a reciprocal agreement between two employers under which they agree not to poach one another's employees. They agree not to hire one another's employees.