8 Fast-Food Companies Agree To End 'No-Poach' Agreements Under Threat Of Lawsuit
Source: NPR
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 Caesars, Panera and Sonic agreed to end the "no-poach" agreements immediately at all of their locations nationwide and to stop using the language in future franchise contracts in order to avoid lawsuits over the practice, according to the office of Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
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The franchises agree to not hire one another's workers from different locations of the same chain. That "meant a worker couldn't get better pay or move up the ladder by going to another franchise," NPR's Yuki Noguchi noted.
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Earlier in July, the attorneys general of 10 states and the District of Columbia announced they were investigating the practice at Burger King, Wendy's, Arby's, Panera, Dunkin' Donuts, Five Guys, Little Caesars and Popeyes.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/22/640776195/8-fast-food-companies-agree-to-end-no-poach-agreements-under-threat-of-lawsuit
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Or are some franchise owners more generous?
