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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.44 - Violations—Prohibited Practices. › 49.44.230 - Searches of employee personal vehicles.

RCW 49.44.230
Searches of employee personal vehicles.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section:
(a) An employer or an employer's agent may not search the privately owned vehicles of employees located on the employer's parking lots or garages or located on the access road to the employer's parking lots or garages.
(b) An employee may possess any of the employee's private property within the employee's vehicle, unless possession of such property is otherwise prohibited by law.
(c) An employer must not require, as a condition of employment, that an employee or prospective employee waive the protections of (a) or (b) of this subsection.
(2) This section does not apply:
(a) To vehicles owned or leased by an employer;
(b) To lawful searches by law enforcement officers;
(c) When the employer requires or authorizes the employee to use the employee's personal vehicle for work-related activities and the employer needs to inspect the vehicle to ensure the vehicle is suited to conduct the work-related activities;
(d) When a reasonable person would believe that accessing vehicles of an employee is necessary to prevent an immediate threat to human health, life, or safety;
(e) When an employee consents to a search of his or her privately owned vehicle by the business owner, owner's agent, or a licensed private security guard based on probable cause that the employee unlawfully possesses: (i) Employer property; or (ii) a controlled substance in violation of both federal law and the employer's written policy prohibiting drug use. The employee's consent must be given immediately prior to the search, and the employer may not require that the employee waive consent as a condition of employment. Upon consent, the employee has the right to select a witness to be present for the search;
(f) To security inspections of vehicles on state and federal military installations and facilities;
(g) To vehicles located on the premises of a state correctional institution, as defined in RCW 9.94.049; or
(h) To specific employer areas subject to searches under state or federal law.
(3) For purposes of this section, the terms "probable cause" and "private property" have their usual meaning under state and federal law.
(4) An employer may not take any adverse action against an employee for exercising any right under this section. An adverse action means any action taken or threatened by an employer against an employee for exercising the employee's rights under this section, and may include, but are not limited to:
(a) Denying the use of, or delaying, wages or other amounts owed to the employee;
(b) Terminating, suspending, demoting, or denying a promotion;
(c) Reducing the number of work hours for which the employee is scheduled;
(d) Altering the employee's preexisting work schedule;
(e) Reducing the employee's rate of pay; and
(f) Threatening to take, or taking, action based upon the immigration status of an employee or an employee's family member.
[ 2023 c 252 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.005 - Declaration of necessity and police power—Conformity to modern fair labor standards.

RCW 49.46.005
Declaration of necessity and police power—Conformity to modern fair labor standards.
(1) Whereas the establishment of a minimum wage for employees is a subject of vital and imminent concern to the people of this state and requires appropriate action by the legislature to establish minimum standards of employment within the state of Washington, therefore the legislature declares that in its considered judgment the health, safety and the general welfare of the citizens of this state require the enactment of this measure, and exercising its police power, the legislature endeavors by this chapter to establish a minimum wage for employees of this state to encourage employment opportunities within the state. The provisions of this chapter are enacted in the exercise of the police power of the state for the purpose of protecting the immediate and future health, safety and welfare of the people of this state.
(2) Since the enactment of Washington's original minimum wage act, the legislature and the people have repeatedly amended this chapter to establish and enforce modern fair labor standards, including periodically updating the minimum wage and establishing the forty-hour workweek and the right to overtime pay.
(3) The people hereby amend this chapter to conform to modern fair labor standards by establishing a fair minimum wage and the right to paid sick leave to protect public health and allow workers to care for the health of themselves and their families.
[ 2017 c 2 § 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016); 1961 ex.s. c 18 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): "It is the intent of the people to establish fair labor standards and protect the rights of workers by increasing the hourly minimum wage to $11.00 (2017), $11.50 (2018), $12.00 (2019)[,] and $13.50 (2020), and requiring employers to provide employees with paid sick leave to care for the health of themselves and their families." [ 2017 c 2 § 1 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016).]
Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): "This act takes effect on January 1, 2017." [ 2017 c 2 § 14 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.040 - Investigation—Services of federal agencies—Employer's records—Industrial homework.

RCW 49.46.040
Investigation—Services of federal agencies—Employer's records—Industrial homework.
(1) The director or his or her designated representatives may investigate and gather data regarding the wages, hours, and other conditions and practices of employment in any industry subject to this chapter, and may enter and inspect such places and such records (and make such transcriptions thereof), question such employees, and investigate such facts, conditions, practices, or matters as he or she may deem necessary or appropriate to determine whether any person has violated any provision of this chapter, or which may aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
(2) With the consent and cooperation of federal agencies charged with the administration of federal labor laws, the director may, for the purpose of carrying out his or her functions and duties under this chapter, utilize the services of federal agencies and their employees and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may reimburse such federal agencies and their employees for services rendered for such purposes.
(3) Every employer subject to any provision of this chapter or of any order issued under this chapter shall make, keep, and preserve such records of the persons employed by him or her and of the wages, hours, and other conditions and practices of employment maintained by him or her, and shall preserve such records for such periods of time, and shall make reports therefrom to the director as he or she shall prescribe by regulation as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations thereunder.
(4) The director is authorized to make such regulations regulating, restricting, or prohibiting industrial homework as are necessary or appropriate to prevent the circumvention or evasion of and to safeguard the minimum wage rate prescribed in this chapter, and all existing regulations of the director relating to industrial homework are hereby continued in full force and effect.
[ 2010 c 8 § 12041; 1959 c 294 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.060 - Exceptions for learners, apprentices, messengers, persons with disabilities.

RCW 49.46.060
Exceptions for learners, apprentices, messengers, persons with disabilities.
Subject to RCW 49.46.170, the director, to the extent necessary in order to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by regulations provide for (1) the employment of learners, of apprentices, and of messengers employed primarily in delivering letters and messages, under special certificates issued pursuant to regulations of the director, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under RCW 49.46.020 and subject to such limitations as to time, number, proportion, and length of service as the director shall prescribe, and (2) the employment of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by a disability, under special certificates issued by the director, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under RCW 49.46.020 and for such period as shall be fixed in such certificates.
[ 2021 c 97 § 2; 1959 c 294 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.065 - Individual volunteering labor to state or local governmental agency—Amount reimbursed for expenses or received as nominal compensation not deemed salary for rendering services or affecting public retirement rights.

RCW 49.46.065
Individual volunteering labor to state or local governmental agency—Amount reimbursed for expenses or received as nominal compensation not deemed salary for rendering services or affecting public retirement rights.
When an individual volunteers his or her labor to a state or local governmental body or agency and receives pursuant to a statute or policy or an ordinance or resolution adopted by or applicable to the state or local governmental body or agency reimbursement in lieu of compensation at a nominal rate for normally incurred expenses or receives a nominal amount of compensation per unit of voluntary service rendered such reimbursement or compensation shall not be deemed a salary for the rendering of services or for purposes of granting, affecting or adding to any qualification, entitlement or benefit rights under any state, local government or publicly supported retirement system other than that provided under chapter 41.24 RCW.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 69 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.070 - Records of employer—Contents—Inspection—Sworn statement.

RCW 49.46.070
Records of employer—Contents—Inspection—Sworn statement.
Every employer subject to any provision of this chapter or of any regulation issued under this chapter shall make, and keep in or about the premises wherein any employee is employed, a record of the name, address, and occupation of each of his or her employees, the rate of pay, and the amount paid each pay period to each such employee, the hours worked each day and each workweek by such employee, and such other information as the director shall prescribe by regulation as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations thereunder. Such records shall be open for inspection or transcription by the director or his or her authorized representative at any reasonable time. Every such employer shall furnish to the director or to his or her authorized representative on demand a sworn statement of such records and information upon forms prescribed or approved by the director.
[ 2010 c 8 § 12042; 1959 c 294 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.080 - New or modified regulations—Judicial review—Stay.

RCW 49.46.080
New or modified regulations—Judicial review—Stay.
(1) As new regulations or changes or modification of previously established regulations are proposed, the director shall call a public hearing for the purpose of the consideration and establishment of such regulations following the procedures used in the promulgation of standards of safety under chapter 49.17 RCW.
(2) Any interested party may obtain a review of the director's findings and order in the superior court of county of petitioners' residence by filing in such court within sixty days after the date of publication of such regulation a written petition praying that the regulation be modified or set aside. A copy of such petition shall be served upon the director. The finding of facts, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive upon the court. The court shall determine whether the regulation is in accordance with law. If the court determines that such regulation is not in accordance with law, it shall remand the case to the director with directions to modify or revoke such regulation. If application is made to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence by any aggrieved party, such party shall show to the satisfaction of the court that such additional evidence is material, and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence before the director. If the court finds that such evidence is material and that reasonable grounds exist for failure of the aggrieved party to adduce such evidence in prior proceedings, the court may remand the case to the director with directions that such additional evidence be taken before the director. The director may modify the findings and conclusions, in whole or in part, by reason of such additional evidence.
(3) The judgment and decree of the court shall be final except that it shall be subject to review by the supreme court or the court of appeals as in other civil cases.
(4) The proceedings under this section shall not, unless specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of an administrative regulation issued under the provisions of this chapter. The court shall not grant any stay of an administrative regulation unless the person complaining of such regulation shall file in the court an undertaking with a surety or sureties satisfactory to the court for the payment to the employees affected by the regulation, in the event such regulation is affirmed, of the amount by which the compensation such employees are entitled to receive under the regulation exceeds the compensation they actually receive while such stay is in effect.
[ 1983 c 3 § 157; 1971 c 81 § 117; 1959 c 294 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.090 - Payment of amounts less than chapter requirements—Employer's liability—Assignment of claim.

RCW 49.46.090
Payment of amounts less than chapter requirements—Employer's liability—Assignment of claim.
(1) Any employer who pays any employee less than the amounts to which such employee is entitled under or by virtue of this chapter, shall be liable to such employee affected for the full amount due to such employee under this chapter, less any amount actually paid to such employee by the employer, and for costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court. Any agreement between such employee and the employer allowing the employee to receive less than what is due under this chapter shall be no defense to such action.
(2) At the written request of any employee paid less than the amounts to which he or she is entitled under or by virtue of this chapter, the director may take an assignment under this chapter or as provided in RCW 49.48.040 of such claim in trust for the assigning employee and may bring any legal action necessary to collect such claim, and the employer shall be required to pay the costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court.
[ 2017 c 2 § 7 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016); 2010 c 8 § 12043; 1959 c 294 § 9.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): See notes following RCW 49.46.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.100 - Prohibited acts of employer—Penalty.

RCW 49.46.100
Prohibited acts of employer—Penalty.
(1) Any employer who hinders or delays the director or his or her authorized representatives in the performance of his or her duties in the enforcement of this chapter, or refuses to admit the director or his or her authorized representatives to any place of employment, or fails to make, keep, and preserve any records as required under the provisions of this chapter, or falsifies any such record, or refuses to make any record accessible to the director or his or her authorized representatives upon demand, or refuses to furnish a sworn statement of such record or any other information required for the proper enforcement of this chapter to the director or his or her authorized representatives upon demand, or pays or agrees to pay an employee less than the employee is entitled to under this chapter, or otherwise violates any provision of this chapter or of any regulation issued under this chapter shall be deemed in violation of this chapter and shall, upon conviction therefor, be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(2) Any employer who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has made any complaint to his or her employer, to the director, or his or her authorized representatives that he or she has not been paid wages in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or that the employer has violated any provision of this chapter, or because such employee has caused to be instituted or is about to cause to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or because such employee has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding shall be deemed in violation of this chapter and shall, upon conviction therefor, be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2017 c 2 § 8 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016); 2010 c 8 § 12044; 1959 c 294 § 10.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): See notes following RCW 49.46.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.110 - Collective bargaining not impaired.

RCW 49.46.110
Collective bargaining not impaired.
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own choosing in order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess of the applicable minimum under the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1959 c 294 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.120 - Chapter establishes minimum standards and is supplementary to other laws—More favorable standards unaffected.

RCW 49.46.120
Chapter establishes minimum standards and is supplementary to other laws—More favorable standards unaffected.
This chapter establishes minimum standards for wages, paid sick leave, and working conditions of all employees in this state, unless exempted herefrom, and is in addition to and supplementary to any other federal, state, or local law or ordinance, or any rule or regulation issued thereunder. Any standards relating to wages, hours, paid sick leave, or other working conditions established by any applicable federal, state, or local law or ordinance, or any rule or regulation issued thereunder, which are more favorable to employees than the minimum standards applicable under this chapter, or any rule or regulation issued hereunder, shall not be affected by this chapter and such other laws, or rules or regulations, shall be in full force and effect and may be enforced as provided by law.
[ 2017 c 2 § 9 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016); 1961 ex.s. c 18 § 4; 1959 c 294 § 12.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): See notes following RCW 49.46.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.140 - Notification of employers.

RCW 49.46.140
Notification of employers.
The director of the department of labor and industries and the commissioner of employment security shall each notify employers of the requirements of chapter 289, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. through their regular quarterly notices to employers.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 289 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.160 - Automatic service charges.

RCW 49.46.160
Automatic service charges.
(1) An employer that imposes an automatic service charge related to food, beverages, entertainment, or porterage provided to a customer must disclose in an itemized receipt and in any menu provided to the customer the percentage of the automatic service charge that is paid or is payable directly to the employee or employees serving the customer.
(2) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Employee" means nonmanagerial, nonsupervisory workers, including but not limited to servers, busers, banquet attendant, banquet captains, bartenders, barbacks, and porters.
(b) "Employer" means employers as defined in RCW 49.46.010 that provide food, beverages, entertainment, or porterage, including but not limited to restaurants, catering houses, convention centers, and overnight accommodations.
(c) "Service charge" means a separately designated amount collected by employers from customers that is for services provided by employees, or is described in such a way that customers might reasonably believe that the amounts are for such services. Service charges include but are not limited to charges designated on receipts as a "service charge," "gratuity," "delivery charge," or "porterage charge." Service charges are in addition to hourly wages paid or payable to the employee or employees serving the customer.
[ 2010 c 8 § 12046; 2007 c 390 § 1. Formerly RCW 19.48.130.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.170 - Employment of individuals with disabilities at less than the minimum wage—State agencies prohibited.

RCW 49.46.170
Employment of individuals with disabilities at less than the minimum wage—State agencies prohibited.
(1) Beginning July 1, 2020, no state agency may employ an individual to work under a special certificate issued under RCW 49.12.110 and 49.46.060 for the employment of individuals with disabilities at less than the minimum wage. Any special certificate issued by the director to a state agency for the employment of an individual with a disability at less than minimum wage must expire by June 30, 2020. For the purposes of this section, "state agency" means any office, department, commission, or other unit of state government.
(2) After July 31, 2023, the director may not issue any new special certificates under RCW 49.12.110 and 49.46.060 for the employment, at less than the minimum wage, of individuals with disabilities.
(3)(a) Special certificates that have not expired as of July 31, 2023, remain valid until the certificate expires.
(b) The director may extend, no more than once and for no longer than one year, the duration of a special certificate that was valid as of July 25, 2021, only under the following circumstances:
(i) The individual employed under the special certificate is an "eligible person" as defined under RCW 71A.10.020; and
(ii) The employer requests the extension of the special certificate.
(4) Ninety days before the expiration of the special certificates under this section, the director shall provide written notice to the employer, the employee, and the employee's legal guardian, legal representative as defined under RCW 71A.10.020, or other individual authorized to receive information on behalf of the employee, of the following:
(a) The expiration date of the special certificate;
(b) The employer's option to extend the special certificate if the conditions under subsection (3) of this section are met; and
(c) Upon request, the contact information for the department of social and health services and a statement that provides the supportive services available to the individual with disabilities.
(5) For the purposes of allowing the department of social and health services to prioritize services and existing individualized technical assistance to individuals advancing to at least minimum wage employment, the department of labor and industries may share information, such as individuals' contact information and expiration dates of special certificates[,] with the department of social and health services.
[ 2021 c 97 § 3; 2019 c 374 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.180 - Paid sick leave—Construction workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement excluded.

RCW 49.46.180
Paid sick leave—Construction workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement excluded. (Effective until January 1, 2024.)
(1) The sick leave provisions of RCW 49.46.200 through 49.46.830 shall not apply to construction workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement, provided:
(a) The union signatory to the collective bargaining agreement is an approved referral union program authorized under RCW 50.20.010 and in compliance with WAC 192-210-110; and
(b) The collective bargaining agreement establishes equivalent sick leave provisions, as provided in subsection (2) of this section; and
(c) The requirements of RCW 49.46.200 through 49.46.830 are expressly waived in the collective bargaining agreement in clear and unambiguous terms or in an addendum to an existing agreement including an agreement that is open for negotiation provided the sick leave portions were previously ratified by the membership.
(2) Equivalent sick leave provisions provided by a collective bargaining agreement must meet the requirements of RCW 49.46.200 through 49.46.830 and the rules adopted by the department of labor and industries, except the payment of leave at the normal hourly compensation may occur before usage.
[ 2019 c 236 § 4.]
NOTES:
Finding—2019 c 236: See note following RCW 49.46.020.
(1) The sick leave provisions of RCW 49.46.200 through 49.46.830 shall not apply to construction workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement, provided:
(a) The union signatory to the collective bargaining agreement is an approved referral union program authorized under RCW 50.20.010 and in compliance with WAC 192-210-110; and
(b) The collective bargaining agreement establishes equivalent sick leave provisions, as provided in subsection (2) of this section; and
(c) The requirements of RCW 49.46.200 through 49.46.830 are expressly waived in the collective bargaining agreement in clear and unambiguous terms or in an addendum to an existing agreement including an agreement that is open for negotiation provided the sick leave portions were previously ratified by the membership.
(2) Equivalent sick leave provisions provided by a collective bargaining agreement must meet the requirements of RCW 49.46.200 through 49.46.830 and the rules adopted by the department of labor and industries, except the payment of leave at the normal hourly compensation may occur before usage and the payment of accrued and unused sick leave may be made in accordance with RCW 49.46.210.
[ 2023 c 267 § 2; 2019 c 236 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2023 c 267: See note following RCW 49.46.210.
Finding—2019 c 236: See note following RCW 49.46.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.200 - Paid sick leave.

RCW 49.46.200
Paid sick leave.
The demands of the workplace and of families need to be balanced to promote public health, family stability, and economic security. It is in the public interest to provide reasonable paid sick leave for employees to care for the health of themselves and their families. Such paid sick leave shall be provided at the greater of the newly increased minimum wage or the employee's regular and normal wage.
[ 2017 c 2 § 4 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016).]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): See notes following RCW 49.46.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.310 - Transportation network companies—Driver resource center fund—Selection of driver resource center—Intent.

RCW 49.46.310
Transportation network companies—Driver resource center fund—Selection of driver resource center—Intent.
(1) The legislature recognizes that providing education and outreach to drivers regarding their rights and obligations furthers the state's interest in having a vibrant knowledgeable work force and safe and satisfied consumers. The legislature therefore intends to create a way of providing education, outreach, and support to workers who, because of the nature of their work, do not have access to such support through traditional avenues.
(2) The driver resource center fund is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All moneys received from the remittance in RCW 49.46.300(12) must be deposited into the fund.
(3) Only the director of the department of labor and industries or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the fund. The fund is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
(4) The department may make expenditures from the fund for the following purposes:
(a) Services provided by the driver resource center, as defined in RCW 49.46.300, to drivers and administrative costs of providing such support. The department must distribute funding received by the account, exclusive of the department's administrative costs deducted under (b) of this subsection, to the center on a quarterly basis; and
(b) The department's costs of administering the fund and its duties under RCW 49.46.300, not to exceed 10 percent of revenues to the fund.
(5) Within four months of June 9, 2022, the director of the department or the director's designee shall, through a competitive process, select and contract with a qualified nonprofit organization to be the driver resource center.
[ 2022 c 281 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.800 - Rights and remedies—Long-term care individual providers covered under this chapter.

RCW 49.46.800
Rights and remedies—Long-term care individual providers covered under this chapter.
(1) Beginning January 1, 2017, all existing rights and remedies available under state or local law for enforcement of the minimum wage shall be applicable to enforce all of the rights established under chapter 2, Laws of 2017.
(2) The state shall pay individual providers, as defined in RCW 74.39A.240, in accordance with the minimum wage, overtime, and paid sick leave requirements of this chapter.
[ 2017 c 2 § 6 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016).]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): See notes following RCW 49.46.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.810 - Adoption, implementation of rules.

RCW 49.46.810
Adoption, implementation of rules.
The state department of labor and industries must adopt and implement rules to carry out and enforce chapter 2, Laws of 2017, including but not limited to procedures for notification to employees and reporting regarding sick leave, and protecting employees from retaliation for the lawful use of sick leave and exercising other rights under this chapter. The department's rules for enforcement of rights under chapter 2, Laws of 2017 shall be at least equal to enforcement of the minimum wage.
[ 2017 c 2 § 10 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016).]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): See notes following RCW 49.46.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.820 - Chapter 2, Laws of 2017 to be liberally construed—Local jurisdictions may adopt more favorable labor standards.

RCW 49.46.820
Chapter 2, Laws of 2017 to be liberally construed—Local jurisdictions may adopt more favorable labor standards.
The provisions of chapter 2, Laws of 2017 are to be liberally construed to effectuate the intent, policies, and purposes of chapter 2, Laws of 2017. Nothing in chapter 2, Laws of 2017 precludes local jurisdictions from enacting additional local fair labor standards that are more favorable to employees, including but not limited to more generous minimum wage or paid sick leave requirements.
[ 2017 c 2 § 11 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016).]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): See notes following RCW 49.46.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.830 - Chapter 2, Laws of 2017 subject to investigation and recordkeeping provisions.

RCW 49.46.830
Chapter 2, Laws of 2017 subject to investigation and recordkeeping provisions.
Chapter 2, Laws of 2017 shall be codified in chapter 49.46 RCW and is subject to RCW 49.46.040 (Investigation, etc.) and RCW 49.46.070 (Recordkeeping).
[ 2017 c 2 § 12 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016).]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): See notes following RCW 49.46.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.910 - Short title.

RCW 49.46.910
Short title.
This chapter may be known and cited as the "Washington Minimum Wage Act."
[ 1961 ex.s. c 18 § 6; 1959 c 294 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.46 - Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards. › 49.46.920 - Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 289.

RCW 49.46.920
Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 289.
This 1975 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect September 1, 1975.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 289 § 5.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.