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Washington state is poised to ban employee noncompetes and related repayment agreements under a bill that’s headed to Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) for his signature, Chris Marr reports.
- The legislation (HB 1155) would replace the state’s current income-based restrictions on contracts that prevent an employee from leaving their job to go work for a competing business, adding Washington to a short list of states that prohibit nearly all noncompetes.
- It also would define noncompetes to include requirements that employees repay any benefit or compensation if they take a different job or start their own business. The bill won ...