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WA Rev Code § 49.48.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.010 - Payment of wages due to employee ceasing work to be at end of pay period—Exceptions—Authorized deductions or withholdings.

RCW 49.48.010 Payment of wages due to employee ceasing work to be at end of pay period—Exceptions—Authorized deductions or withholdings.When any employee shall cease to work for an employer, whether by discharge or by voluntary withdrawal, the wages due him or her on account of his or her employment shall be paid to him or her at the end of the established pay period: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That this paragraph shall not apply when workers are engaged in an employment that normally involves working for several employers in the same industry interchangeably, and the several employers or some of them cooperate to establish a plan for the weekly payment of wages at a central place or places and in accordance with a unified schedule of paydays providing for at least one payday each week; but this subsection shall not apply to any such plan until ten days after notice of their intention to set up such a plan shall have been given to the director of labor and industries by the employers who cooperate to establish the plan; and having once been established, no such plan can be abandoned except after notice of their intention to abandon such plan has been given to the director of labor and industries by the employers intending to abandon the plan: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the duty to pay an employee forthwith shall not apply if the labor-management agreement under which the employee has been employed provides otherwise.It shall be unlawful for any employer to withhold or divert any portion of an employee's wages unless the deduction is:(1) Required by state or federal law; or(2) Except as prohibited under RCW 49.48.160, specifically agreed upon orally or in writing by the employee and employer; or(3) For medical, surgical, or hospital care or service, pursuant to any rule or regulation: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the deduction is openly, clearly, and in due course recorded in the employer's books and records.Paragraph two of this section shall not be construed to affect the right of any employer or former employer to sue upon or collect any debt owed to said employer or former employer by his or her employees or former employees.[ 2020 c 84 § 3; 2010 c 8 § 12047; 1971 ex.s. c 55 § 1; 1947 c 181 § 1; 1905 c 112 § 1; 1888 c 128 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7594.]NOTES:Saving—1888 c 128: "This act is not to be construed as affecting any bona fide contract heretofore entered into contrary to its provisions and existing at the date of the passage hereof, and continuing by reason of limitation of said contract being still in force." [ 1888 c 128 § 4; no RRS.]Effective date—1888 c 128: "This act is to take effect on and after its approval." [ 1888 c 128 § 5; no RRS.]General repealer—1888 c 128: "All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed." [ 1888 c 128 § 6; no RRS.]The foregoing annotations apply to RCW 49.48.010 through 49.48.030.
WA Rev Code § 49.48.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.020 - Penalty for noncompliance with RCW 49.48.010 through 49.48.030 and 49.48.060.

RCW 49.48.020 Penalty for noncompliance with RCW 49.48.010 through 49.48.030 and 49.48.060.Any person, firm, or corporation which violates any of the provisions of RCW 49.48.010 through 49.48.030 and 49.48.060 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 1971 ex.s. c 55 § 2; 1933 ex.s. c 20 § 1; 1888 c 128 § 2; RRS § 7595.]NOTES:Wages—Deductions—Rebates, authorized withholding: RCW 49.52.060.
WA Rev Code § 49.48.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.030 - Attorney's fee in action on wages—Exception.

RCW 49.48.030 Attorney's fee in action on wages—Exception.In any action in which any person is successful in recovering judgment for wages or salary owed to him or her, reasonable attorney's fees, in an amount to be determined by the court, shall be assessed against said employer or former employer: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That this section shall not apply if the amount of recovery is less than or equal to the amount admitted by the employer to be owing for said wages or salary.[ 2010 c 8 § 12048; 1971 ex.s. c 55 § 3; 1888 c 128 § 3; RRS § 7596.]
WA Rev Code § 49.48.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.040 - Enforcement of wage claims—Issuance of subpoenas—Compliance.

RCW 49.48.040 Enforcement of wage claims—Issuance of subpoenas—Compliance.(1) The department of labor and industries may:(a) Upon obtaining information indicating an employer may be committing a violation under chapters 39.12, 49.46, and 49.48 RCW, conduct investigations to ensure compliance with chapters 39.12, 49.46, and 49.48 RCW;(b) Order the payment of all wages owed the workers and institute actions necessary for the collection of the sums determined owed; and(c) Take assignments of wage claims and prosecute actions for the collection of wages of persons who are financially unable to employ counsel when in the judgment of the director of the department the claims are valid and enforceable in the courts.(2) The director of the department or any authorized representative may, for the purpose of carrying out RCW 49.48.040 through 49.48.080: (a) Issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or parties and the production of books, papers, or records; (b) administer oaths and examine witnesses under oath; (c) take the verification of proof of instruments of writing; and (d) take depositions and affidavits. If assignments for wage claims are taken, court costs shall not be payable by the department for prosecuting such suits.(3) The director shall have a seal inscribed "Department of Labor and Industries—State of Washington" and all courts shall take judicial notice of such seal. Obedience to subpoenas issued by the director or authorized representative shall be enforced by the courts in any county.(4) The director or authorized representative shall have free access to all places and works of labor. Any employer or any agent or employee of such employer who refuses the director or authorized representative admission therein, or who, when requested by the director or authorized representative, wilfully neglects or refuses to furnish the director or authorized representative any statistics or information pertaining to his or her lawful duties, which statistics or information may be in his or her possession or under the control of the employer or agent, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 1987 c 172 § 1; 1935 c 96 § 1; RRS § 7596-1.]
WA Rev Code § 49.48.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.050 - Remedy cumulative.

RCW 49.48.050 Remedy cumulative.Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the authority of the prosecuting attorney of any county to prosecute actions, both civil and criminal, for such violations of RCW 49.48.040 through 49.48.080 as may come to his or her knowledge, or to enforce the provisions hereof independently and without specific direction of the director of labor and industries.[ 2010 c 8 § 12049; 1935 c 96 § 2; RRS § 7596-2.]
WA Rev Code § 49.48.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.070 - Enforcement.

RCW 49.48.070 Enforcement.It shall be the duty of the director of labor and industries to inquire diligently for any violations of RCW 49.48.040 through 49.48.080, and to institute the actions for penalties herein provided, and to enforce generally the provisions of RCW 49.48.040 through 49.48.080.[ 1935 c 96 § 4; RRS § 7596-4.]
WA Rev Code § 49.48.075 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.075 - Reciprocal enforcement agreements with other states.

RCW 49.48.075 Reciprocal enforcement agreements with other states.(1) The director of labor and industries, or the director's designee, may enter into reciprocal agreements with the labor department or corresponding agency of any other state or with the person, board, officer, or commission authorized to act on behalf of such department or agency, for the collection in such other states of claims or judgments for wages and other demands based upon claims assigned to the director.(2) The director, or the director's designee, may, to the extent provided for by any reciprocal agreement entered into by law or with an agency of another state as herein provided, maintain actions in the courts of such other state for the collection of claims for wages, judgments, and other demands and may assign such claims, judgments, and demands to the labor department or agency of such other state for collection to the extent that such an assignment may be permitted or provided for by the law of such state or reciprocal agreement.(3) The director, or the director's designee, may, upon the written consent of the labor department or corresponding agency of any other state or of the person, board, officer, or commission of such state authorized to act on behalf of such labor department or corresponding agency, maintain actions in the courts of Washington upon assigned claims for wages, judgments, and demands arising in such other state in the same manner and to the same extent that such actions by the director are authorized when arising in Washington. Such actions may be maintained only in cases where such other state by law or reciprocal agreement extends a like comity to cases arising in Washington.[ 1985 c 48 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 49.48.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.080 - Public employees excluded.

RCW 49.48.080 Public employees excluded.Nothing in RCW 49.48.040 through 49.48.080 shall apply to the payment of wages or compensation of employees directly employed by any county, incorporated city or town, or other municipal corporation. Nor shall anything herein apply to employees, directly employed by the state, any department, bureau, office, board, commission or institution hereof.[ 1935 c 96 § 5; RRS § 7596-5.]
WA Rev Code § 49.48.082 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.082 - Wage complaints—Definitions.

RCW 49.48.082 Wage complaints—Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 49.48.083 through 49.48.086:(1) "Citation" means a written determination by the department that a wage payment requirement has been violated.(2) "Department" means the department of labor and industries.(3) "Determination of compliance" means a written determination by the department that wage payment requirements have not been violated.(4) "Director" means the director of the department of labor and industries, or the director's authorized representative.(5) "Employee" has the meaning provided in: (a) RCW 49.46.010 for purposes of a wage payment requirement set forth in RCW 49.46.020 or 49.46.130; and (b) RCW 49.12.005 for purposes of a wage payment requirement set forth in RCW 49.48.010, 49.52.050, or 49.52.060.(6) "Employer" has the meaning provided in RCW 49.46.010 for purposes of a wage payment requirement set forth in RCW 49.46.020, 49.46.130, 49.48.010, 49.52.050, or 49.52.060.(7) "Notice of assessment" means a written notice by the department that, based on a citation, the employer shall pay the amounts assessed under RCW 49.48.083.(8) "Repeat willful violator" means any employer that has been the subject of a final and binding citation and notice of assessment for a willful violation of a wage payment requirement within three years of the date of issue of the most recent citation and notice of assessment for a willful violation of a wage payment requirement.(9) "Successor" means any person to whom an employer quitting, selling out, exchanging, or disposing of a business sells or otherwise conveys in bulk and not in the ordinary course of the employer's business, more than fifty percent of the property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, of the employer's business.(10) "Wage" has the meaning provided in RCW 49.46.010.(11) "Wage complaint" means a complaint from an employee to the department that asserts that an employer has violated one or more wage payment requirements and that is reduced to writing.(12) "Wage payment requirement" means a wage payment requirement set forth in RCW 49.46.020, 49.46.130, 49.48.010, 49.52.050, or 49.52.060, and any related rules adopted by the department.(13) "Willful" means a knowing and intentional action that is neither accidental nor the result of a bona fide dispute, as evaluated under the standards applicable to wage payment violations under RCW 49.52.050(2).[ 2010 c 42 § 1; 2006 c 89 § 1.]NOTES:Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).Captions not law—2006 c 89: "Captions used in this act are not any part of the law." [ 2006 c 89 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 49.48.084 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.084 - Wage complaints—Administrative appeals.

RCW 49.48.084 Wage complaints—Administrative appeals.(1) A person, firm, or corporation aggrieved by a citation and notice of assessment or a determination of compliance issued by the department under RCW 49.48.083 or the assessment of civil penalty due to a determination of status as a repeat willful violator may appeal the citation and notice of assessment, the determination of compliance, or the assessment of civil penalty to the director by filing a notice of appeal with the director within thirty days of the department's issuance of the citation and notice of assessment, the determination of compliance, or the assessment of civil penalty. A citation and notice of assessment, a determination of compliance, or an assessment of a civil penalty not appealed within thirty days is final and binding, and not subject to further appeal.(2) A notice of appeal filed with the director under this section shall stay the effectiveness of the citation and notice of assessment, the determination of compliance, or the assessment of civil penalty pending final review of the appeal by the director as provided for in chapter 34.05 RCW.(3) Upon receipt of a notice of appeal, the director shall assign the hearing to an administrative law judge of the office of administrative hearings to conduct the hearing and issue an initial order. The hearing and review procedures shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, and the standard of review by the administrative law judge of an appealed citation and notice of assessment, an appealed determination of compliance, or an appealed assessment of civil penalty shall be de novo. Any party who seeks to challenge an initial order shall file a petition for administrative review with the director within thirty days after service of the initial order. The director shall conduct administrative review in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.(4) The director shall issue all final orders after appeal of the initial order. The final order of the director is subject to judicial review in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.(5) Orders that are not appealed within the time period specified in this section and chapter 34.05 RCW are final and binding, and not subject to further appeal.(6) An employer who fails to allow adequate inspection of records in an investigation by the department under this chapter within a reasonable time period may not use such records in any appeal under this section to challenge the correctness of any determination by the department of wages owed or penalty assessed.[ 2010 c 42 § 3; 2006 c 89 § 3.]NOTES:Captions not law—2006 c 89: See note following RCW 49.48.082.
WA Rev Code § 49.48.085 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.085 - Wage complaints—Employee termination of administrative action.

RCW 49.48.085 Wage complaints—Employee termination of administrative action.(1) An employee who has filed a wage complaint with the department may elect to terminate the department's administrative action, thereby preserving any private right of action, by providing written notice to the department within ten business days after the employee's receipt of the department's citation and notice of assessment.(2) If the employee elects to terminate the department's administrative action: (a) The department shall immediately discontinue its action against the employer; (b) the department shall vacate a citation and notice of assessment already issued by the department to the employer; and (c) the citation and notice of assessment, and any related findings of fact or conclusions of law by the department, and any payment or offer of payment by the employer of the wages, including interest, assessed by the department in the citation and notice of assessment, shall not be admissible in any court action or other judicial or administrative proceeding.(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or affect: (a) The right of any employee to pursue any judicial, administrative, or other action available with respect to an employer; (b) the right of the department to pursue any judicial, administrative, or other action available with respect to an employee that is identified as a result of a wage complaint; or (c) the right of the department to pursue any judicial, administrative, or other action available with respect to an employer in the absence of a wage complaint. For purposes of this subsection, "employee" means an employee other than an employee who has filed a wage complaint with the department and who thereafter has elected to terminate the department's administrative action as provided in subsection (1) of this section.[ 2006 c 89 § 4.]NOTES:Captions not law—2006 c 89: See note following RCW 49.48.082.
WA Rev Code § 49.48.087 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.087 - Rules.

RCW 49.48.087 Rules.The director may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of RCW 49.48.082 through 49.48.086.[ 2006 c 89 § 6.]NOTES:Captions not law—2006 c 89: See note following RCW 49.48.082.
WA Rev Code § 49.48.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.090 - Assignment of wages—Requisites to validity.

RCW 49.48.090 Assignment of wages—Requisites to validity.No assignment of, or order for, wages to be earned in the future to secure a loan of less than three hundred dollars, shall be valid against an employer of the person making said assignment or order unless said assignment or order is accepted in writing by the employer, and said assignment or order, and the acceptance of the same, have been filed and recorded with the county auditor of the county where the party making said assignment or order resides, if a resident of the state, or in which he or she is employed, if not a resident of the state.[ 2010 c 8 § 12051; 1909 c 32 § 1; RRS § 7597.]
WA Rev Code § 49.48.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.100 - Written consent of spouse required.

RCW 49.48.100 Written consent of spouse required.No assignment of, or order for, wages to be earned in the future shall be valid, when made by a married person, unless the written consent of the other spouse to the making of such assignment or order is attached thereto.[ 1972 ex.s. c 108 § 7; 1909 c 32 § 2; RRS § 7598.]
WA Rev Code § 49.48.115 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.115 - Employer defined.

RCW 49.48.115 Employer defined.For the purposes of RCW 49.48.120 the word "employer" shall include every person, firm, partnership, corporation, the state of Washington, and all municipal corporations.[ 1939 c 139 § 1; RRS § 1464-1. Formerly RCW 49.48.120, part.]
WA Rev Code § 49.48.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.120 - Payment on employee's death.

RCW 49.48.120 Payment on employee's death.(1) If at the time of the death of any person, his or her employer is indebted to him or her for work, labor, and services performed, and no executor or administrator of his or her estate has been appointed, the employer shall upon the request of the surviving spouse pay the indebtedness in an amount as may be due not exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, to the surviving spouse, or if the decedent leaves no surviving spouse, then to the decedent's child or children, or if no children, then to the decedent's father or mother.(2) In the event the decedent's employer is the state of Washington or a municipal corporation, as defined in RCW 39.50.010, then there shall be no limit to the amount of the indebtedness that can be paid under subsection (1) of this section.(3) If the decedent and the surviving spouse have entered into a community property agreement that meets the requirements of RCW 26.16.120, and the right to the indebtedness became the sole property of the surviving spouse upon the death of the decedent, the employer shall pay to the surviving spouse the total of the indebtedness, or that portion which is governed by the community property agreement, upon presentation of the agreement accompanied by an affidavit or declaration of the surviving spouse stating that the agreement was executed in good faith between the parties and had not been rescinded by the parties before the decedent's death.(4) In all cases, the employer shall require proof of the claimant's relationship to the decedent by affidavit or declaration, and shall require the claimant to acknowledge receipt of the payment in writing.(5) Any payments made by an employer pursuant to the provisions of RCW 49.48.115 and this section shall operate as a full and complete discharge of the employer's indebtedness to the extent of the payment, and no employer shall thereafter be liable to the decedent's estate, or the decedent's executor or administrator thereafter appointed.(6) The employer may also pay the indebtedness upon presentation of an affidavit as provided in RCW 11.62.010.[ 2019 c 89 § 1; 2018 c 57 § 1; 2003 c 122 § 1; 1981 c 333 § 2; 1974 ex.s. c 117 § 42; 1967 c 210 § 1; 1939 c 139 § 2; RRS § 1464-2. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1939 c 139 § 1; RRS § 1464-1 now codified as RCW 49.48.115.]NOTES:Application, construction—Severability—Effective date—1974 ex.s. c 117: See RCW 11.02.080 and notes following.
WA Rev Code § 49.48.125 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.48 - Wages—Payment—Collection.|49.48.125 - Repeat willful violators—Civil penalties.

RCW 49.48.125 Repeat willful violators—Civil penalties.(1) The department shall assess a civil penalty against any repeat willful violator in an amount of not less than one thousand dollars or an amount equal to ten percent of the total amount of unpaid wages, whichever is greater. The maximum civil penalty for a repeat willful violator under this section is twenty thousand dollars.(2) The department may waive or reduce a civil penalty assessed under this section if the director determines that the employer has paid all wages and interest owed to the employee.[ 2010 c 42 § 6.]