Some Fast Food Chains Drop Non-Compete Rules for Low-Wage Workers
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Great win by the Attorney General. We look forward to seeing the remaining chains drop the rules, too.
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that seven fast-food chains will cease enforcing non-compete agreements for employees at their franchises, both in the state of Washington and nationwide.
The chains include Arby’s, Auntie Anne’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, Carl’s Jr., Cinnabon, Jimmy John’s, and McDonald’s. Earlier, McDonald's had made promises not to enforce the rules.
"As a result of the assurances of discontinuance, filed in King County Superior Court, the franchisors are now legally obligated to stop including no-poach language in their new agreem
