Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 49.62 · 13 active provisions
The legislature finds that:(1) Workforce mobility is important to economic growth and development;(2) Agreements limiting competition or hiring may be contracts of adhesion that may be unreasonable; and(3) The provisions in this chapter facilitating workforce mobility and protecting employees and independent contractor…
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Earnings" means the compensation reflected on box one of the employee's United States internal revenue service form W-2 that is paid to an employee over the prior year, or portion thereof for which the emplo…
(1) A noncompetition covenant is void and unenforceable:(a)(i) Unless the employer discloses the terms of the covenant in writing to the prospective employee no later than the time of the initial oral or written acceptance of the offer of employment and, if the agreement becomes enforceable only at a later date due to…
(1) A noncompetition covenant is void and unenforceable against an independent contractor unless the independent contractor's earnings from the party seeking enforcement exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars per year. This dollar amount must be adjusted annually in accordance with RCW 49.62.040.(2) The duration of…
The dollar amounts specified in RCW 49.62.020 and 49.62.030 must be adjusted annually for inflation. Annually on September 30th the department of labor and industries must adjust the dollar amounts specified in this section by calculating to the nearest cent using the consumer price index for urban wage earners and cle…
A provision in a noncompetition covenant signed by an employee or independent contractor who is Washington-based is void and unenforceable:(1) If the covenant requires the employee or independent contractor to adjudicate a noncompetition covenant outside of this state;(2) To the extent it deprives the employee or indep…
(1) No franchisor may restrict, restrain, or prohibit in any way a franchisee from soliciting or hiring any employee of a franchisee of the same franchisor.(2) No franchisor may restrict, restrain, or prohibit in any way a franchisee from soliciting or hiring any employee of the franchisor.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an employer may not restrict, restrain, or prohibit an employee earning less than twice the applicable state minimum hourly wage from having an additional job, supplementing their income by working for another employer, working as an independent contractor, or being self-e…
(1) Upon a violation of this chapter, the attorney general, on behalf of a person or persons, may pursue any and all relief. A person aggrieved by a noncompetition covenant may bring a cause of action to pursue any and all relief provided for in subsections (2) and (3) of this section.(2) If a court or arbitrator deter…
(1)(a) Subject to (b) of this subsection, this chapter displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary, contract, including contract principles relating to discharge by assent or alteration, and other laws of this state pertaining to liability for competition by employees or independent contractors with their employers or p…
This chapter applies to all proceedings commenced on or after January 1, 2020, regardless of when the cause of action arose. To this extent, this chapter applies retroactively, but in all other respects it applies prospectively. PDFRCW 49.62.100 Application. (Effective June 30, 2027.) (1) RCW 49.62.010, 49.62.020, 49.6…
This chapter is an exercise of the state's police power and shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of its purposes.
This act takes effect January 1, 2020.