WA to consider banning noncompete agreements

New legislation would prohibit the use of noncompete agreements for all employers in Washington state.  The contracts are used to prevent employees from taking another job with a competitor or starting a related business within a certain distance or amount of time.  Hardeep Rekhi, employment attorney and president of the Washington State Association for Justice, said all employees should […]

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Verizon to cut 165 jobs statewide, including in Kennewick

Three Verizon employees from the Kennewick store at 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd. were among the 165 laid off across the state.  Verizon said the layoffs are the result of consolidating and restructuring its operations in a letter to the state’s Employment Security Department, a requirement of the Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification, or WARN, Act.  The layoffs are […]

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