{"id":2631,"date":"2026-03-30T12:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:10:54","slug":"washington-state-bans-non-competes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2026\/03\/30\/washington-state-bans-non-competes\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington State Bans Non-Competes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Seattle-Washington-Resized.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2632\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Seattle-Washington-Resized.png 800w, https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Seattle-Washington-Resized-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Seattle-Washington-Resized-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>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 1, 2027.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Insight will cover everything you should know about the new law and how to get in compliance before next year\u2019s deadlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fisher &amp; Phillips LLP:<\/em><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisherphillips.com\/en\/insights\/insights\/non-competes-banned-in-washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Non-Competes Banned in Washington: Everything You Need to Know About the New Law + How to Prepare<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":2632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[375,134],"class_list":["post-2631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-non-competes","tag-washington-state"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2633,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631\/revisions\/2633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}