May 28, 2019
Jackson Hewitt urged a New Jersey federal judge to toss a proposed class action that claims a now-defunct "no-poach" agreement among its franchisees limited mobility and compensation prospects for the company's workers, arguing that units belonging to the same corporation aren't capable of an antitrust conspiracy against the overall market.
April 15, 2019
Just in time for tax day, Jackson Hewitt, the second largest consumer tax preparer in the U.S., was hit with a lawsuit by former employees who say franchisees of the company agreed not to hire one another's employees or employee candidates in a wide-ranging no-poach policy.