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Employers in Washington State with 15 or more employees anywhere must comply, as of July 1, 2026, with the Washington Fair Chance Act (WFCA) as amended last year, which significantly restricts when and how employers may conduct criminal background checks, obtain criminal history information, consider criminal history in hiring, and a formal two-step process for taking […]
Employers in Washington State will no longer be able to utilize non-compete agreements in the workplace following a new law just signed by Governor Ferguson on March 23. The law broadly prohibits the use of non-compete agreements between businesses and workers starting in June 30, 2027 and requires employers to issue special notices by October […]
Washington State has taken a significant step for employers under its pay transparency law by giving employers a cure period of five business days after receiving notice of a defective posting to change a posting to comply with the pay transparency requirements, allow employers to advertise a fixed amount of pay instead of a wage scale […]
Washington employers must provide non-exempt employees with at least one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours the employee works, which employees may use for certain legally protected reasons, and allow employees to carry over 40 unused hours each year. Also, the definition of who is considered an employee’s family member or child for purposes […]