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    Fast-Food Chains Back Away From Limits On Whom They Hire

    Seven fast-food franchises, facing potential prosecution from the state of Washington, abandoned a practice critics say hurt workers' chances of earning more and moving up the ladder.
    by Yuki Noguchi Jul 12, 2018 1 minute
    Arby's is among seven fast-food chains that have agreed to stop limiting their workers' ability to take jobs at other restaurants in the same chain.

    Seven national fast-food chains have agreed, under pressure, to eliminate a practice that limits their workers' ability to take jobs at other restaurants in the same chain, the Washington state attorney general announced Thursday.

    The move came after Bob Ferguson,

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