FTC takes steps to stop deceptive and unfair labor market practices

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Deceptive and unfair labor market practices hurt American workers and honest businesses that comply with the law. Protecting workers and ensuring fair, honest, and competitive labor markets is a top priority of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. In February, Chairman Ferguson made clear that the FTC would stay vigilant as he announced the formation of the agency’s Labor Task Force focused on maximizing the agency’s broad-based jurisdiction and interdisciplinary expertise to confront the challenges facing American workers.

In the Bureau of Consumer Protection, this mission includes continuing to fight employment-related scams, which year on year cost Americans searching for jobs hundreds of millions of dollars. Reported job scams — for example, imposters posing as recruiters to try to steal an applicant’s money or personal information — grew to over 105,000 in 2024 (nearly three times what they were in 2020) with reported losses of over $513 million. (For more on that data, check out this interactive dashboard.)

Today, Chairman Ferguson warned Americans about job scams and gave advice on how to avoid them:

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Want to protect your business and employees? Help spread the word by sharing this video with your employees, customers, and community. And take this opportunity to run an online search for your business’s name to make sure nobody’s impersonating your business or sending search traffic to an imposter site. If you do find that someone’s using your business’s name without permission, tell the FTC: ReportFraud.ftc.gov.

The message for dishonest businesses is clear: The FTC will continue to investigate and prosecute companies that deceive and harm the American people.