Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against large corporations, including Costco, Amazon, and Alaska Airlines, accusing the employers of illegally blocking employees from working a second job.

KIRO hosts Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin discussed the parameters that would allow employers to restrict employees from working two jobs, primarily citing conflicts of interest between companies.

“The boundaries need to be narrow and also reasonable,” Ursula said on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio. “If you’re talking about a conflict of interest, that can be very real. If you have sensitive information, or you know all of a company’s secrets, and now you’re going to work at the competitor down the street, that’s not going to fly.”

Washington law does protect lower-wage workers in this

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