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WA Rev Code § 49.60.400 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.60 - Discrimination—Human Rights Commission.|49.60.400 - Discrimination, preferential treatment prohibited.

RCW 49.60.400 Discrimination, preferential treatment prohibited.(1) The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.(2) This section applies only to action taken after December 3, 1998.(3) This section does not affect any law or governmental action that does not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.(4) This section does not affect any otherwise lawful classification that:(a) Is based on sex and is necessary for sexual privacy or medical or psychological treatment; or(b) Is necessary for undercover law enforcement or for film, video, audio, or theatrical casting; or(c) Provides for separate athletic teams for each sex.(5) This section does not invalidate any court order or consent decree that is in force as of December 3, 1998.(6) This section does not prohibit action that must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility for any federal program, if ineligibility would result in a loss of federal funds to the state.(7) Nothing in this section prohibits schools established under chapter 28A.715 RCW from:(a) Implementing a policy of Indian preference in employment; or(b) Prioritizing the admission of tribal members where capacity of the school's programs or facilities is not as large as demand.(8) For the purposes of this section, "state" includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the state itself, any city, county, public college or university, community college, school district, special district, or other political subdivision or governmental instrumentality of or within the state.(9) The remedies available for violations of this section shall be the same, regardless of the injured party's race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, as are otherwise available for violations of Washington antidiscrimination law.(10) This section shall be self-executing. If any part or parts of this section are found to be in conflict with federal law, the United States Constitution, or the Washington state Constitution, the section shall be implemented to the maximum extent that federal law, the United States Constitution, and the Washington state Constitution permit. Any provision held invalid shall be severable from the remaining portions of this section.[ 2013 c 242 § 7; (2019 c 160 § 3, Referendum Measure No. 88 failed to become law); 1999 c 3 § 1 (Initiative Measure No. 200, approved November 3, 1998).]
WA Rev Code § 49.60.401 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.60 - Discrimination—Human Rights Commission.|49.60.401 - Short title—1999 c 3.

RCW 49.60.401 Short title—1999 c 3.RCW 49.60.400 shall be known and cited as the Washington State Civil Rights Act.[ 1999 c 3 § 2 (Initiative Measure No. 200, approved November 3, 1998).]
WA Rev Code § 49.60.405 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.60 - Discrimination—Human Rights Commission.|49.60.405 - Distinction or differential treatment—When authorized.

RCW 49.60.405 Distinction or differential treatment—When authorized.It is not an unfair practice when a distinction or differential treatment on the basis of citizenship or immigration status is authorized by federal or state law, regulation, rule, or government contract.[ 2020 c 52 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 49.60.505 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.60 - Discrimination—Human Rights Commission.|49.60.505 - Community athletics programs—Nondiscrimination policy required.

RCW 49.60.505 Community athletics programs—Nondiscrimination policy required.(1) By January 1, 2010, each city, town, county, or district operating a community athletics program or issuing permission to a third party for the operation of such program on its facilities shall adopt a policy that specifically prohibits discrimination against any person on the basis of sex in the operation, conduct, or administration of community athletics programs for youth or adults.(2) It is the responsibility of each city, town, county, or district operating a community athletics program or issuing permission to a third party for the operation of such program on its facilities to publish and disseminate this policy. At a minimum, the nondiscrimination policy should be included in any publication that includes information about the entity's own athletics programs, or about obtaining a permit for operating athletics programs and on the appropriate city, town, county, or district website.(3) School districts issuing permission to a third party for the operation of a community athletics program on its facilities shall also follow the provisions of this section but may modify and use existing school district policies and procedures to the extent that is possible. Nothing in this section may be construed to require school districts to monitor compliance, investigate complaints, or otherwise enforce school district policies as to third parties using school district facilities.(4) Every city, town, county, or district covered by this section should also publish the name, office address, and office telephone number of the employee or employees responsible for its efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under chapter 467, Laws of 2009.[ 2009 c 467 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—Declarations—2009 c 467: See note following RCW 49.60.500.
WA Rev Code § 49.60.510 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.60 - Discrimination—Human Rights Commission.|49.60.510 - Privileged health information—Noneconomic damages—Waivers.

RCW 49.60.510 Privileged health information—Noneconomic damages—Waivers.(1) By requesting noneconomic damages under this chapter, a claimant does not place his or her health at issue or waive any health care privilege under RCW 5.60.060 or 18.83.110, or any other law, unless the claimant:(a) Alleges a specific diagnosed physical or psychiatric injury as a proximate result of the respondents' conduct, and relies on the records or testimony of a health care provider or expert witness to seek general damages; or(b) Alleges failure to accommodate a disability or alleges discrimination on the basis of a disability.(2) Any waiver under subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section is limited to health care records and communication between a claimant and his or her provider or providers:(a) Created or occurring in the period beginning two years immediately preceding the first alleged unlawful act for which the claimant seeks damages and ending at the last date for which the claimant seeks damages, unless the court finds exceptional circumstances to order a longer period of time; and(b) Relating specifically to the diagnosed injury, to the health care provider or providers on which the claimant relies in the action, or to the disability specifically at issue in the allegation.[ 2020 c 254 § 1; 2018 c 70 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.005 - Findings.

RCW 49.62.005 Findings.The legislature finds that workforce mobility is important to economic growth and development. Further, the legislature finds that agreements limiting competition or hiring may be contracts of adhesion that may be unreasonable.[ 2019 c 299 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.010 - Definitions.

RCW 49.62.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Earnings" means the compensation reflected on box one of the employee's United States internal revenue service form W-2 that is paid to an employee over the prior year, or portion thereof for which the employee was employed, annualized and calculated as of the earlier of the date enforcement of the noncompetition covenant is sought or the date of separation from employment. "Earnings" also means payments reported on internal revenue service form 1099-MISC for independent contractors.(2) "Employee" and "employer" have the same meanings as in RCW 49.17.020.(3) "Franchisor" and "franchisee" have the same meanings as in RCW 19.100.010.(4) "Noncompetition covenant" includes every written or oral covenant, agreement, or contract by which an employee or independent contractor is prohibited or restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind. A "noncompetition covenant" does not include: (a) A nonsolicitation agreement; (b) a confidentiality agreement; (c) a covenant prohibiting use or disclosure of trade secrets or inventions; (d) a covenant entered into by a person purchasing or selling the goodwill of a business or otherwise acquiring or disposing of an ownership interest; or (e) a covenant entered into by a franchisee when the franchise sale complies with RCW 19.100.020(1).(5) "Nonsolicitation agreement" means an agreement between an employer and employee that prohibits solicitation by an employee, upon termination of employment: (a) Of any employee of the employer to leave the employer; or (b) of any customer of the employer to cease or reduce the extent to which it is doing business with the employer.(6) "Party seeking enforcement" means the named plaintiff or claimant in a proceeding to enforce a noncompetition covenant or the defendant in an action for declaratory relief.[ 2019 c 299 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.020 - When void and unenforceable.

RCW 49.62.020 When void and unenforceable.(1) A noncompetition covenant is void and unenforceable against an employee:(a)(i) Unless the employer discloses the terms of the covenant in writing to the prospective employee no later than the time of the acceptance of the offer of employment and, if the agreement becomes enforceable only at a later date due to changes in the employee's compensation, the employer specifically discloses that the agreement may be enforceable against the employee in the future; or(ii) If the covenant is entered into after the commencement of employment, unless the employer provides independent consideration for the covenant;(b) Unless the employee's earnings from the party seeking enforcement, when annualized, exceed one hundred thousand dollars per year. This dollar amount must be adjusted annually in accordance with RCW 49.62.040;(c) If the employee is terminated as the result of a layoff, unless enforcement of the noncompetition covenant includes compensation equivalent to the employee's base salary at the time of termination for the period of enforcement minus compensation earned through subsequent employment during the period of enforcement.(2) A court or arbitrator must presume that any noncompetition covenant with a duration exceeding eighteen months after termination of employment is unreasonable and unenforceable. A party seeking enforcement may rebut the presumption by proving by clear and convincing evidence that a duration longer than eighteen months is necessary to protect the party's business or goodwill.[ 2019 c 299 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.030 - When void and unenforceable against independent contractors.

RCW 49.62.030 When void and unenforceable against independent contractors.(1) A noncompetition covenant is void and unenforceable against an independent contractor unless the independent contractor's earnings from the party seeking enforcement exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars per year. This dollar amount must be adjusted annually in accordance with RCW 49.62.040.(2) The duration of a noncompetition covenant between a performer and a performance space, or a third party scheduling the performer for a performance space, must not exceed three calendar days.[ 2019 c 299 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.040 - Dollar amounts adjusted.

RCW 49.62.040 Dollar amounts adjusted.The dollar amounts specified in RCW 49.62.020 and 49.62.030 must be adjusted annually for inflation. Annually on September 30th the department of labor and industries must adjust the dollar amounts specified in this section by calculating to the nearest cent using the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, CPI-W, or a successor index, for the twelve months prior to each September 1st as calculated by the United States department of labor. The adjusted dollar amount calculated under this section takes effect on the following January 1st.[ 2019 c 299 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.050 - Unenforceable provisions.

RCW 49.62.050 Unenforceable provisions.A provision in a noncompetition covenant signed by an employee or independent contractor who is Washington-based is void and unenforceable:(1) If the covenant requires the employee or independent contractor to adjudicate a noncompetition covenant outside of this state; and(2) To the extent it deprives the employee or independent contractor of the protections or benefits of this chapter.[ 2019 c 299 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.060 - Franchisor restrictions.

RCW 49.62.060 Franchisor restrictions.(1) No franchisor may restrict, restrain, or prohibit in any way a franchisee from soliciting or hiring any employee of a franchisee of the same franchisor.(2) No franchisor may restrict, restrain, or prohibit in any way a franchisee from soliciting or hiring any employee of the franchisor.[ 2019 c 299 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.070 - Employees having an additional job—When authorized.

RCW 49.62.070 Employees having an additional job—When authorized.(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an employer may not restrict, restrain, or prohibit an employee earning less than twice the applicable state minimum hourly wage from having an additional job, supplementing their income by working for another employer, working as an independent contractor, or being self-employed.(2)(a) This section shall not apply to any such additional services when the specific services to be offered by the employee raise issues of safety for the employee, coworkers, or the public, or interfere with the reasonable and normal scheduling expectations of the employer.(b) This section does not alter the obligations of an employee to an employer under existing law, including the common law duty of loyalty and laws preventing conflicts of interest and any corresponding policies addressing such obligations.[ 2019 c 299 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.080 - Violation of this chapter—Relief—Remedies.

RCW 49.62.080 Violation of this chapter—Relief—Remedies.(1) Upon a violation of this chapter, the attorney general, on behalf of a person or persons, may pursue any and all relief. A person aggrieved by a noncompetition covenant to which the person is a party may bring a cause of action to pursue any and all relief provided for in subsections (2) and (3) of this section.(2) If a court or arbitrator determines that a noncompetition covenant violates this chapter, the violator must pay the aggrieved person the greater of his or her actual damages or a statutory penalty of five thousand dollars, plus reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs incurred in the proceeding.(3) If a court or arbitrator reforms, rewrites, modifies, or only partially enforces any noncompetition covenant, the party seeking enforcement must pay the aggrieved person the greater of his or her actual damages or a statutory penalty of five thousand dollars, plus reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs incurred in the proceeding.(4) A cause of action may not be brought regarding a noncompetition covenant signed prior to January 1, 2020, if the noncompetition covenant is not being enforced.[ 2019 c 299 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.090 - Conflict of laws.

RCW 49.62.090 Conflict of laws.(1)(a) Subject to (b) of this subsection, this chapter displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary, contract, and other laws of this state pertaining to liability for competition by employees or independent contractors with their employers or principals, as appropriate.(b) This chapter does not amend or modify chapter 19.108 RCW.(2) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this chapter does not revoke, modify, or impede the development of the common law.[ 2019 c 299 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.100 - Retroactive application.

RCW 49.62.100 Retroactive application.This chapter applies to all proceedings commenced on or after January 1, 2020, regardless of when the cause of action arose. To this extent, this chapter applies retroactively, but in all other respects it applies prospectively.[ 2019 c 299 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.110 - Construction.

RCW 49.62.110 Construction.This chapter is an exercise of the state's police power and shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of its purposes.[ 2019 c 299 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 49.62.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.62 - Noncompetition Covenants.|49.62.900 - Effective date—2019 c 299.

RCW 49.62.900 Effective date—2019 c 299.This act takes effect January 1, 2020.[ 2019 c 299 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 49.64.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.64 - Employee Benefit Plans.|49.64.010 - Duration of trusts for employee benefits.

RCW 49.64.010 Duration of trusts for employee benefits.Any trust heretofore or hereafter created for the purposes and of the type enumerated in RCW 49.64.020, whether in real or personal property or in real and personal property, may continue for such time as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of the trust and shall not be invalid as violating any statute or rule of law against perpetuities, or against accumulations of earnings, or concerning the suspension of the power of alienation of the title to property, or otherwise limiting the duration of trusts.[ 1955 c 158 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 49.64.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.64 - Employee Benefit Plans.|49.64.020 - Trusts exempted from limitation as to duration.

RCW 49.64.020 Trusts exempted from limitation as to duration.Trusts which are entitled to the exemption from limitation as to their duration provided for in RCW 49.64.010 must be:(1) Created by an employer primarily for the benefit of some or all of the employees of such employer or the families or appointees of such employees, under any pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, retirement, disability, death benefit or other similar types of employee-benefit plans; and(2) Contributed to by the employer or employees or both; and(3) Existing for the purpose of distributing to or for the benefit of some or all of such employees (either before or after their employment ceases), their families or appointees, the earnings or principal, or earnings and principal, of the trust.[ 1955 c 158 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 49.64.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.64 - Employee Benefit Plans.|49.64.030 - Employee benefit plans—Payment or refund as discharge—Adverse claims.

RCW 49.64.030 Employee benefit plans—Payment or refund as discharge—Adverse claims.Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 26.16.030, whenever payment or refund is made to an employee, former employee, or his or her beneficiary or estate pursuant to and in full compliance with a written retirement, death, or other employee benefit plan or savings plan, such payment or refund shall fully discharge the employer and any trustee or insurance company making such payment or refund from all adverse claims thereto unless, before such payment or refund is made, the employer or former employer, where the payment is made by the employer or former employer, has received at its principal place of business within this state, written notice by or on behalf of some other person that such other person claims to be entitled to such payment or refund or some part thereof, or where a trustee or insurance company is making the payment, such notice has been received by the trustee or insurance company at its home office or its principal place of business within this state, and if none, such notice may be made on the secretary of state: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That nothing contained in this section shall affect any claim or right to any such payment or refund or part thereof as between all persons other than employer and the trustee or insurance company making such payment or refund.[ 2010 c 8 § 12061; 1953 c 45 § 1. Formerly RCW 49.52.065.]NOTES:Employees' benefit deductions are trust funds: RCW 49.52.010.
WA Rev Code § 49.64.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.64 - Employee Benefit Plans.|49.64.040 - Dental care assistance plans—Options required.

RCW 49.64.040 Dental care assistance plans—Options required.(1) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, in this section "dental care assistance plan" means any plan of dental insurance offered by an insurer as defined by chapter 48.01 RCW and any agreement for dental care benefits entered into or renewed after January 1, 1989, provided by a health care service contractor as defined by chapter 48.44 RCW.(2) Each employer, public or private, that offers its employees a dental care assistance plan and each employee benefits fund that offers its members a dental care assistance plan limiting the provider of dental care to designated providers or group of providers, shall make available to and inform its employees or members of the option of enrolling in an alternative dental care assistance plan that permits the employees or members to obtain dental care services from any licensed dental care provider of their choice. The portion of the premium paid by the employer for the limiting plan shall be comparable to, but in no case greater than, the portion of the premium paid by the employer for the other plan. If employees are members of a bona fide bargaining unit covered by a labor-management collective bargaining agreement, the selection of the options required by this section may be specified in the agreement. The provisions of this section are not mandatory if the employees are covered by Taft-Hartley health care trust, except that the labor-management trustees may contract with a dental care assistance plan if a feasibility study determines it is to the advantage of the members: PROVIDED, That this section shall only apply to employers with greater than twenty-five employees under coverage.[ 1988 c 259 § 1.]