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8 Fast-Food Companies Agree To End 'No-Poach' Agreements Under Threat Of Lawsuit

Washington state's attorney general says Applebee's, Church's Chicken, Five Guys, IHOP, Jamba Juice, Little Caesars, Panera and Sonic will stop using agreements that limit workers from changing jobs.
Applebee's is one of the companies to agree to end use of "no-poach" agreements under the threat of a lawsuit from Washington state.

Eight restaurant chains have agreed to drop the use of agreements that prevent their workers from finding higher-paying jobs at other locations of the same chain, Washington state's attorney general said this week.

Applebee's, Church's Chicken, Five Guys, IHOP, Jamba Juice, Little

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