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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos. › 49.26.100 - Asbestos projects—Definitions.

RCW 49.26.100
Asbestos projects—Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Asbestos abatement project" means an asbestos project involving three square feet or three linear feet, or more, of asbestos-containing material.
(2) "Asbestos project" means the construction, demolition, repair, maintenance, remodeling, or renovation of any public or private building or mechanical piping equipment or systems involving the demolition, removal, encapsulation, salvage, or disposal of material, or outdoor activity, releasing or likely to release asbestos fibers into the air.
(3) "Department" means the department of labor and industries.
(4) "Director" means the director of the department of labor and industries or the director's designee.
(5) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship, or the state of Washington or its political subdivisions.
(6) "Certified asbestos supervisor" means an individual who is certified by the department to supervise an asbestos project. A certified asbestos supervisor is not required for projects involving less than three square feet or three linear feet of asbestos-containing material.
(7) "Certified asbestos worker" means an individual who is certified by the department to work on an asbestos project.
(8) "Certified asbestos contractor" means any partnership, firm, association, corporation or sole proprietorship registered under chapter 18.27 RCW that submits a bid or contracts to remove or encapsulate asbestos for another and is certified by the department to remove or encapsulate asbestos.
(9) "Owner" means the owner of any public or private building, structure, facility or mechanical system, or the agent of such owner, but does not include individuals who work on asbestos projects on their own single-family residences no part of which is used for any commercial purpose.
[ 1995 c 218 § 3; 1989 c 154 § 4. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 6; 1985 c 387 § 1.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos. › 49.26.115 - Asbestos abatement projects—Contractor's certificate required.

RCW 49.26.115
Asbestos abatement projects—Contractor's certificate required.
Before working on an asbestos abatement project, a contractor shall obtain an asbestos contractor's certificate from the department and shall have in its employ at least one certified asbestos supervisor who is responsible for supervising all asbestos abatement projects undertaken by the contractor and for assuring compliance with all state laws and regulations regarding asbestos. The contractor shall apply for certification renewal every year. The department shall ensure that the expiration of the contractor's registration and the expiration of his or her asbestos contractor's certificate coincide.
[ 1995 c 218 § 5; 1989 c 154 § 6. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 11.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos. › 49.26.120 - Asbestos projects—Qualified asbestos workers and supervisor—Prenotification to department—Fire personnel.

RCW 49.26.120
Asbestos projects—Qualified asbestos workers and supervisor—Prenotification to department—Fire personnel.
(1) No person may assign any employee, contract with, or permit any individual or person to remove or encapsulate asbestos in any facility unless performed by a certified asbestos worker and under the direct, on-site supervision of a certified asbestos supervisor. In cases in which an employer conducts an asbestos abatement project in its own facility and by its own employees, supervision can be performed in the regular course of a certified asbestos supervisor's duties. Asbestos workers must have access to certified asbestos supervisors throughout the duration of the project.
(2) The department shall require persons undertaking asbestos projects to provide written notice to the department before the commencement of the project except as provided in RCW 49.26.125. The notice shall include a written description containing such information as the department requires by rule. The department may by rule allow a person to report multiple projects at one site in one report. The department shall by rule establish the procedure and criteria by which a person will be considered to have attempted to meet the prenotification requirement.
(3) The department shall consult with the Washington state association of fire chiefs and may establish any additional policies and procedures for municipal fire department and fire district personnel who clean up sites after fires which have rendered it likely that asbestos has been or will be disturbed or released into the air.
[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 7 § 52; 1995 c 218 § 6; 1989 c 154 § 7. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 12; 1985 c 387 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 26; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 43.03.027.
Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos. › 49.26.125 - Prenotification to department—Exemptions.

RCW 49.26.125
Prenotification to department—Exemptions.
Prenotification to the department under RCW 49.26.120 shall not be required for:
(1)(a) Any asbestos project involving less than forty-eight square feet of surface area, or less than ten linear feet of pipe unless the surface area of the pipe is greater than forty-eight square feet. The person undertaking such a project shall keep the reports, or statements, and written descriptions required under RCW 49.26.013 and 49.26.120 which shall be available upon request of the department. Employees and employee representatives may request such reports under RCW 49.26.013(2).
(b) The director may waive the prenotification requirement upon written request of an owner for large-scale, ongoing projects. In granting such a waiver, the director shall require the owner to provide prenotification if significant changes in personnel, methodologies, equipment, work site, or work procedures occur or are likely to occur. The director shall further require annual resubmittal of such notification.
(c) The director, upon review of an owner's reports, work practices, or other data available as a result of inspections, audits, or other authorized activities, may reduce the size threshold for prenotification required by this section. Such a change shall be based on the director's determination that significant problems in personnel, methodologies, equipment, work site, or work procedures are creating the potential for violations of this chapter or asbestos requirements under chapter 49.17 RCW. The new prenotification requirements shall be given in writing to the owner and shall remain in effect until modified or withdrawn in writing by the director.
(2) Emergency projects.
(a) As used in this section, "emergency project" means a project that was not planned and results from a sudden, unexpected event, and does not include operations that are necessitated by nonroutine failure of equipment or systems.
(b) Emergency projects which disturb or release any material containing asbestos into the air shall be reported to the department within three working days after the commencement of the project in the manner otherwise required under this chapter. A notice shall be clearly posted adjacent to the work site describing the nature of the emergency project. The employees' collective bargaining representatives, or employee representatives, or designated representatives, if any, shall be notified of the emergency as soon as possible by the person undertaking the emergency project.
Incremental phasing in the conduct or design of asbestos projects or otherwise designing or conducting asbestos projects of a size less than forty-eight square feet, or other threshold for exemption as provided under this section, with the intent of avoiding prenotification requirements is a violation of this chapter.
[ 1989 c 154 § 8. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 13.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos. › 49.26.130 - Asbestos projects—Rules—Fees—Asbestos account.

RCW 49.26.130
Asbestos projects—Rules—Fees—Asbestos account.
(1) The department shall administer this chapter.
(2) The director of the department shall adopt, in accordance with chapters 34.05 and 49.17 RCW, rules necessary to carry out this chapter.
(3) The department shall prescribe fees for the issuance and renewal of certificates, including recertification, and the administration of examinations, and for the review of training courses.
(4) The asbestos account is hereby established in the state treasury. All fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be spent after appropriation only for costs incurred by the department in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. Disbursements from the account shall be on authorization of the director of the department or the director's designee.
(5) During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer from the asbestos account to the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance in the account.
[ 2003 1st sp.s. c 25 § 924; 1989 c 154 § 9. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 15; 1987 c 219 § 1; 1985 c 387 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—2003 1st sp.s. c 25: See notes following RCW 19.28.351.
Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos. › 49.26.140 - Asbestos projects—Enforcement—Penalties.

RCW 49.26.140
Asbestos projects—Enforcement—Penalties.
(1) Unless specifically provided otherwise by statute, this chapter shall be implemented and enforced, including penalties, violations, citations, and other administrative procedures, pursuant to the Washington industrial safety and health act, chapter 49.17 RCW.
(2) A person or individual who previously has been assessed a civil penalty under this section, and who knowingly violates a provision of RCW 49.26.110 through 49.26.130 or a rule adopted pursuant to RCW 49.26.110 through 49.26.130 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1987 c 219 § 2; 1985 c 387 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos. › 49.26.150 - Discrimination against employee filing complaint prohibited.

RCW 49.26.150
Discrimination against employee filing complaint prohibited.
Any employee who notifies the department of any activity the employee reasonably believes to be a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter or who participates in any proceeding related thereto shall have the same rights and protections against discharge or discrimination as employees are afforded under chapter 49.17 RCW.
[ 1989 c 154 § 10. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 16.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos. › 49.26.901 - Effective dates—1988 c 271 §§ 6-18.

RCW 49.26.901
Effective dates—1988 c 271 §§ 6-18.
Sections 15, as reenacted and amended in 1989, and 18, chapter 271, Laws of 1988, are 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 as of March 24, 1988. Sections 6 through 8, 10 through 13, and 16, chapter 271, Laws of 1988, as reenacted or amended and reenacted in 1989, shall take effect as of January 1, 1989.
[ 1989 c 154 § 11. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 19.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.28 - Hours of Labor. › 49.28.010 - Eight hour day, 1899 act—Public works contracts—Emergency overtime—Penalty.

RCW 49.28.010
Eight hour day, 1899 act—Public works contracts—Emergency overtime—Penalty.
(1) Hereafter eight hours in any calendar day shall constitute a day's work on any work done for the state or any county or municipality within the state, subject to conditions hereinafter provided.
(2) All work done by contract or subcontract on any building or improvements or works on roads, bridges, streets, alleys, or buildings for the state or any county or municipality within the state, shall be done under the provisions of this section. In cases of extraordinary emergency such as danger to life or property, the hours for work may be extended, but in such case the rate of pay for time employed in excess of eight hours of each calendar day, shall be one and one-half times the rate of pay allowed for the same amount of time during eight hours' service. And for this purpose this section is made a part of all contracts, subcontracts, or agreements for work done for the state or any county or municipality within the state.
(3) Any contractor, subcontractor, or agent of contractor or subcontractor, foreman, or employer who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
[ 2003 c 53 § 274; 1899 c 101 § 1; RRS § 7642.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.28 - Hours of Labor. › 49.28.040 - Eight hour day, 1903 act—Policy enunciated.

RCW 49.28.040
Eight hour day, 1903 act—Policy enunciated.
That it is a part of the public policy of the state of Washington that all work "by contract or day labor done" for it, or any political subdivision created by its laws, shall be performed in workdays of not more than eight hours each, except in cases of extraordinary emergency. No case of extraordinary emergency shall be construed to exist in any case where other labor can be found to take the place of labor which has already been employed for eight hours in any calendar day.
[ 1903 c 44 § 1; RRS § 7645.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.28 - Hours of Labor. › 49.28.050 - Eight hour day, 1903 act—Contracts, cancellation of, for violations.

RCW 49.28.050
Eight hour day, 1903 act—Contracts, cancellation of, for violations.
All contracts for work for the state of Washington, or any political subdivision created by its laws, shall provide that they may be canceled by the officers or agents authorized to contract for or supervise the execution of such work, in case such work is not performed in accordance with the policy of the state relating to such work.
[ 1903 c 44 § 2; RRS § 7646.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.28 - Hours of Labor. › 49.28.060 - Eight hour day, 1903 act—Stipulation in contracts—Duty of officers.

RCW 49.28.060
Eight hour day, 1903 act—Stipulation in contracts—Duty of officers.
It is made the duty of all officers or agents authorized to contract for work to be done in behalf of the state of Washington, or any political subdivision created under its laws, to stipulate in all contracts as provided for in RCW 49.28.040 through 49.28.060, and all such officers and agents, and all officers and agents entrusted with the supervision of work performed under such contracts, are authorized, and it is made their duty, to declare any contract canceled, the execution of which is not in accordance with the public policy of this state as herein declared.
[ 1903 c 44 § 3; RRS § 7647.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.28 - Hours of Labor. › 49.28.065 - Public works employees—Agreements to work ten hour day.

RCW 49.28.065
Public works employees—Agreements to work ten hour day.
Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 49.28.010 through 49.28.060, a contractor or subcontractor in any public works contract subject to those provisions may enter into an agreement with his or her employees in which the employees work up to ten hours in a calendar day. No such agreement may provide that the employees work ten-hour days for more than four calendar days a week. Any such agreement is subject to approval by the employees. The overtime provisions of *RCW 49.28.020 shall not apply to the hours, up to forty hours per week, worked pursuant to agreements entered into under this section.
[ 1988 c 121 § 1.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 49.28.020 was repealed by 2003 c 53 § 421, effective July 1, 2003.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.28 - Hours of Labor. › 49.28.080 - Hours of domestic employees—Exception—Penalty.

RCW 49.28.080
Hours of domestic employees—Exception—Penalty.
(1) No male or female household or domestic employee shall be employed by any person for a longer period than sixty hours in any one week. Employed time shall include minutes or hours when the employee has to remain subject to the call of the employer and when the employee is not free to follow his or her inclinations.
(2) In cases of emergency such employee may be employed for a longer period than sixty hours.
(3) Any employer violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 275; 1937 c 129 § 1; RRS § 7651-1. FORMER PARTS OF SECTION: (i) 1937 c 129 § 2; RRS § 7651-2, now codified as RCW 49.28.082. (ii) 1937 c 129 § 4; RRS § 7651-4, now codified as RCW 49.28.084.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Severability—1937 c 129: "In the event any part of this act is held invalid such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this act." [ 1937 c 129 § 3.] This applies to RCW 49.28.080 through 49.28.084.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.28 - Hours of Labor. › 49.28.100 - Hours of operators of power equipment in waterfront operations—Penalty.

RCW 49.28.100
Hours of operators of power equipment in waterfront operations—Penalty.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any employer to permit any of his or her employees to operate on docks, in warehouses and/or in or on other waterfront properties any power driven mechanical equipment for the purpose of loading cargo on, or unloading cargo from, ships, barges, or other watercraft, or of assisting in such loading or unloading operations, for a period in excess of twelve and one-half hours at any one time without giving such person an interval of eight hours' rest: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, The provisions of this section shall not be applicable in cases of emergency, including fire, violent storms, leaking or sinking ships or services required by the armed forces of the United States.
(2) Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 276; 1953 c 271 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.28 - Hours of Labor. › 49.28.150 - Hours of health care facility employees—Penalties.

RCW 49.28.150
Hours of health care facility employees—Penalties. (Effective until July 1, 2024.)
The department of labor and industries shall investigate complaints of violations of RCW 49.28.140. A violation of RCW 49.28.140 is a class 1 civil infraction in accordance with chapter 7.80 RCW, except that the maximum penalty is one thousand dollars for each infraction up to three infractions. If there are four or more violations of RCW 49.28.140 for a health care facility, the employer is subject to a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars for the fourth violation, and five thousand dollars for each subsequent violation. The department of labor and industries is authorized to issue and enforce civil infractions according to chapter 7.80 RCW.
[ 2002 c 112 § 4.]
NOTES:
Finding—2002 c 112: See note following RCW 49.28.130.
The department of labor and industries shall investigate complaints of violations of RCW 49.28.140 as provided under RCW 49.12.145 through 49.12.149.
[ 2023 c 114 § 11; 2002 c 112 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2023 c 114: See note following RCW 70.41.410.
Finding—2002 c 112: See note following RCW 49.28.130.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.30 - Agricultural Labor. › 49.30.005 - Intent—Duties of department.

RCW 49.30.005
Intent—Duties of department.
It is the intent of the legislature that the department assist agricultural employers in mitigating the costs of the state's unemployment insurance program. The department shall work with members of the agricultural community to: Improve understanding of the program's operation; increase compliance with work-search requirements; provide prompt notification of potential claims against an employer's experience rating; inform employers of their rights; inform employers of the actions necessary to appeal a claim and to protect their rights; and reduce claimant and employer fraud. These efforts shall include:
(1) Conducting employer workshops and community seminars;
(2) Developing new educational materials; and
(3) Developing forms that use lay language.
[ 1998 c 245 § 99; 1991 c 31 § 1; 1990 c 245 § 10; 1989 c 380 § 82.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—1990 c 245: See note following RCW 50.04.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.30 - Agricultural Labor. › 49.30.010 - Definitions.

RCW 49.30.010
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Agricultural employment" or "employment" means employment in agricultural labor as defined in RCW 50.04.150.
(2) "Department" means the department of labor and industries.
(3) "Employer" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, business trust, legal representative, or other business entity that engages in any agricultural activity in this state and employs one or more employees.
(4) "Employee" means a person employed in agricultural employment, and includes a person who is working under an independent contract the essence of which is personal labor in agricultural employment whether by way of manual labor or otherwise. However, "employee" shall not include immediate family members of the officers of any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other business entity, or officers of any closely held corporation engaged in agricultural production of crops or livestock.
(5) "Minor" means an employee who is under the age of eighteen years.
[ 1989 c 380 § 83.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.30 - Agricultural Labor. › 49.30.020 - Hours and pay, recordkeeping.

RCW 49.30.020
Hours and pay, recordkeeping.
(1) Each employer required to keep employment records under RCW 49.46.070, shall retain such records for three years.
(2) Each employer shall furnish to each employee at the time the employee's wages are paid an itemized statement showing the pay basis in hours or days worked, the rate or rates of pay, the gross pay, and all deductions from the pay for the respective pay period.
[ 1989 c 380 § 84.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.30 - Agricultural Labor. › 49.30.040 - Violation of chapter—Civil infraction.

RCW 49.30.040
Violation of chapter—Civil infraction.
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted hereunder shall be a class 1 civil infraction. The director shall have the authority to issue and enforce civil infractions according to chapter 7.80 RCW.
[ 1989 c 380 § 86.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.011 - Injunctions in labor disputes.

RCW 49.32.011
Injunctions in labor disputes.
No court of the state of Washington or any judge or judges thereof shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except in a strict conformity with the provisions of this chapter; nor shall any such restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction be issued contrary to the public policy declared in this chapter.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 1; RRS § 7612-1. Cf. 1919 c 185 § 2. Formerly RCW 49.32.040.]
NOTES:
Injunctions in labor disputes: RCW 49.36.015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.020 - Policy enunciated.

RCW 49.32.020
Policy enunciated.
In the interpretation of this chapter and in determining the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the state of Washington, as such jurisdiction and authority are herein defined and limited, the public policy of the state of Washington is hereby declared as follows:
WHEREAS, Under prevailing economic conditions, developed with the aid of governmental authority for owners of property to organize in the corporate and other forms of ownership association, the individual unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect his or her freedom of labor, and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of employment, wherefore, though he or she should be free to decline to associate with his or her fellows, it is necessary that he or she have full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of his or her own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of his or her employment, and that he or she shall be free from interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protections; therefore, the following definitions of, and limitations upon, the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the state of Washington are hereby enacted.
[ 2010 c 8 § 12028; 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 2; RRS § 7612-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.030 - Undertakings and promises unenforceable.

RCW 49.32.030
Undertakings and promises unenforceable.
Any undertaking or promise, such as is described in this section, or any other undertaking or promise in conflict with the public policy declared in RCW 49.32.020, is hereby declared to be contrary to the public policy of the state of Washington, shall not be enforceable in any court of the state of Washington, and shall not afford any basis for the granting of legal or equitable relief by any such court, including specifically the following:
Every undertaking or promise hereafter made, whether written or oral, express or implied, constituting or contained in any contract or agreement of hiring or employment between any individual, firm, company, association, or corporation and any employee or prospective employee of the same, whereby:
(1) Either party to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises not to join, become, or remain a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization; or
(2) Either party to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises that he or she will withdraw from an employment relation in the event that he or she joins, becomes, or remains a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization.
[ 2010 c 8 § 12029; 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 3; RRS § 7612-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.050 - Jurisdiction of courts.

RCW 49.32.050
Jurisdiction of courts.
No court of the state of Washington shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of any labor dispute or prohibit any person or persons participating or interested in such dispute (as these terms are herein defined) from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following acts:
(1) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of employment;
(2) Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is described in RCW 49.32.030;
(3) Paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person participating or interested in such labor dispute any strike or unemployment benefits or insurance or other moneys or things of value;
(4) By all lawful means aiding any person participating or interested in any labor dispute who is being proceeded against in, or is prosecuting, any action or suit in any court of the United States or of any state;
(5) Giving publicity to the existence of, or the facts involved in, any labor dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling, or by any other method not involving fraud or violence;
(6) Assembling peaceably to act or to organize to act in promotion of their interests in a labor dispute;
(7) Advising or notifying any person of an intention to do any of the acts heretofore specified;
(8) Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts heretofore specified; and
(9) Advising, urging, or otherwise causing or inducing without fraud or violence the acts heretofore specified, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is described in RCW 49.32.030.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 4; RRS § 7612-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.060 - Concert of action immaterial.

RCW 49.32.060
Concert of action immaterial.
No court of the state of Washington or any judge or judges thereof shall have jurisdiction to issue a restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction upon the ground that any of the persons participating or interested in a labor dispute constitute or are engaged in an unlawful combination or conspiracy because of the doing in concert of the acts enumerated in RCW 49.32.050.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 5; RRS § 7612-5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.070 - Responsibility of associations.

RCW 49.32.070
Responsibility of associations.
No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization participating or interested in a labor dispute, shall be held responsible or liable in any court of the state of Washington for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members, or agents, except upon clear proof of actual participation in, or actual authorization of, such acts, or of ratification of such acts after actual knowledge thereof.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 6; RRS § 7612-6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.080 - Appellate review.

RCW 49.32.080
Appellate review.
Whenever any court of the state of Washington shall issue or deny any temporary injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, the court shall, upon the request of any party to the proceedings, and on his or her filing the usual bond for costs, forthwith certify the entire record of the case, including a transcript of the evidence taken, to the supreme court or the court of appeals for its review. Upon the filing of such record in the supreme court or the court of appeals, the appeal shall be heard and the temporary injunctive order affirmed, modified, or set aside with the greatest possible expedition, giving the proceedings precedence over all other matters except older matters of the same character.
[ 2010 c 8 § 12030; 1971 c 81 § 116; 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 10; RRS § 7612-10.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Appeal procedure superseded by RAP 2.1, 2.2, 18.22.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.090 - Contempt—Speedy jury trial.

RCW 49.32.090
Contempt—Speedy jury trial.
In all cases arising under this chapter in which a person shall be charged with contempt in a court of the state of Washington, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the county wherein the contempt shall have been committed: PROVIDED, That this right shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice or to apply to the misbehavior, misconduct or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the writs, orders, or process of the court.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 11; RRS § 7612-11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.100 - Contempt—Retirement of judge.

RCW 49.32.100
Contempt—Retirement of judge.
The defendant in any proceeding for contempt of court may file with the court a demand for the retirement of the judge sitting in the proceeding, if the contempt arises from an attack upon the character or conduct of such judge and if the attack occurred elsewhere than in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice. Upon the filing of any such demand the judge shall thereupon proceed no further, but another judge shall be designated in the same manner as provided by law. The demand shall be filed prior to the hearing of the contempt proceeding.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 12; RRS § 7612-12.]
NOTES:
Civil procedure—Disqualification of judge—Change of venue: RCW 4.12.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.110 - Definitions.

RCW 49.32.110
Definitions.
When used in this chapter, and for the purpose of this chapter:
(1) A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when the case involves persons who are engaged in the same industry, trade, or occupation; or have direct or indirect interests therein; or who are employees of the same employer; or who are members of the same or an affiliated organization of employers or employees; whether such dispute is (a) between one or more employers or associations of employers and one or more employees or associations of employees; (b) between one or more employers or associations of employers and one or more employers or association of employers; or (c) between one or more employees or association of employees and one or more employees or association of employees; or when the case involves any conflicting or competing interests in a "labor dispute" (as hereinafter defined) of "persons participating or interested" therein (as hereinafter defined).
(2) A person or association shall be held to be a person participating or interested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against him or her or it, and if he or she or it is engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation in which dispute occurs, or has a direct or indirect interest therein or is a member, officer, or agent of any association composed in whole or in part of employers or employees engaged in such industry, trade, craft, or occupation.
(3) The term "labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee.
[ 2010 c 8 § 12031; 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 13; RRS § 7612-13. Formerly RCW 49.32.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.32 - Injunctions in Labor Disputes. › 49.32.910 - General repealer.

RCW 49.32.910
General repealer.
All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed.
[ 1933 ex.s. c 7 § 15; RRS § 7612-15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.36 - Labor Unions. › 49.36.010 - Unions legalized.

RCW 49.36.010
Unions legalized.
It shall be lawful for working men and women to organize themselves into, or carry on labor unions for the purpose of lessening the hours of labor or increasing the wages or bettering the conditions of the members of such organizations; or carry out their legitimate purposes by any lawful means.
[ 1919 c 185 § 1; RRS § 7611.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.36 - Labor Unions. › 49.36.015 - Injunctions in labor disputes.

RCW 49.36.015
Injunctions in labor disputes.
No restraining order or injunction shall be granted by any court of this state, or any judge or judges thereof in any case between an employer and employee or between employer and employees or between employees or between persons employed and persons seeking employment involving or growing out of a dispute concerning terms or conditions of employment, unless necessary to prevent irreparable damage to property or to a personal right or to a property right of the party making the application, for which injury there is no adequate remedy at law, and such petition must be in writing describing such damage or injury feared by the applicant, and sworn to by the applicant or his or her agent or attorney. No such restraining order or injunction shall prohibit any such person or persons, whether singly or in concert, from terminating any relation of employment or from ceasing to perform any work or labor; or from paying or giving to, or withholding from any person engaged in such dispute, any strike benefits or other moneys or things of value; or from doing any act or thing which might lawfully be done in the absence of such dispute by any party thereto; nor shall any of the acts specified in this section be considered or held to be illegal or unlawful in any court of the state.
[ 2010 c 8 § 12032; 1919 c 185 § 2; RRS § 7612.]
NOTES:
Labor disputes: Chapter 49.32 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.36 - Labor Unions. › 49.36.020 - Employment contracts—Remedy for violation.

RCW 49.36.020
Employment contracts—Remedy for violation.
The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce, and the right to enter into the relation of employer and employee or to change that relation except in violation of contract is a legal right. In all cases involving the violation of the contract of employment, either by the employee or employer where no irreparable damage is about to be done to the property, personal rights or property rights of either, no injunction shall be granted, but the parties shall be left to their remedy at law.
[ 1919 c 185 § 3; RRS § 7613.]
NOTES:
Injunctions in labor disputes: RCW 49.32.011.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.36 - Labor Unions. › 49.36.030 - Prosecutions prohibited.

RCW 49.36.030
Prosecutions prohibited.
No person shall be indicted, prosecuted, or tried in any court of this state for entering into or carrying on any lawful arrangement, agreement, or combination between themselves made with a view of lessening the number of hours of labor or increasing wages or bettering the conditions of working men and women, or for any lawful act done in pursuance thereof.
[ 1919 c 185 § 4; RRS § 7614.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.36 - Labor Unions. › 49.36.040 - Certain communications—Privilege from examination and disclosure.

RCW 49.36.040
Certain communications—Privilege from examination and disclosure.
The privilege established by RCW 5.60.060(11) shall apply to all labor unions covered by this chapter.
[ 2023 c 202 § 9.]
NOTES:
Findings—2023 c 202: See note following RCW 5.60.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.38 - Theatrical Enterprises. › 49.38.010 - Definitions.

RCW 49.38.010
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) Department means the department of labor and industries.
(2) Theatrical enterprise means the production of any circus, vaudeville, carnival, revue, variety show, musical comedy, operetta, opera, drama, endurance contest, marathon, walkathon, or any other entertainment event where persons are a part of the enterprise's presentation. Theatrical enterprise does not include a program of a radio or television station operating pursuant to a license issued by the federal communications commission or any event produced by a nonprofit cultural or artistic organization that has been located in a community for at least two years.
[ 1984 c 89 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.38 - Theatrical Enterprises. › 49.38.020 - Payment of wages—Cash deposit or bond required.

RCW 49.38.020
Payment of wages—Cash deposit or bond required.
(1) Any person engaged in the business of promoting a theatrical enterprise in this state shall deposit with the department the cash or a bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state in an amount determined sufficient by the department to pay the wages of every person involved in the production of the theatrical enterprise for the period for which a single payment of wages is made, but not to exceed one week.
(2) The deposit required under subsection (1) of this section shall be on file with the department seven calendar days before the commencement of the theatrical enterprise.
[ 1984 c 89 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.38 - Theatrical Enterprises. › 49.38.030 - Action to require cash deposit or bond.

RCW 49.38.030
Action to require cash deposit or bond.
If a person engaged in the business of promoting a theatrical enterprise fails to deposit cash or the bond required under RCW 49.38.020, the department may bring an action in the superior court to compel such person to deposit the cash or bond or cease doing business until he or she has done so.
[ 1984 c 89 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.38 - Theatrical Enterprises. › 49.38.040 - Payment of wages—Action against cash deposit or bond—Limitations.

RCW 49.38.040
Payment of wages—Action against cash deposit or bond—Limitations.
Any person having a claim for wages against a person engaged in the business of promoting a theatrical enterprise may bring an action against the bond or cash deposit in the district or superior court of the county in which the theatrical enterprise is produced or any county in which the principal on the bond resides or conducts business. An action against the bond may be brought against the named surety without joining the principal named in the bond. The liability of the surety shall not exceed the amount named in the bond. Any action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within one year after the completion of the work for which wages are alleged to be due and owing under this chapter. If a cash deposit has been made in lieu of a surety bond and if judgment is entered against the depositor and deposit, then the department shall upon receipt of a certified copy of a final judgment within one year of the date of entry of such judgment pay the judgment from the deposit. The priority of payment by the department shall be the order of receipt by the department, but the department shall have no liability for payment in excess of the amount of the deposit.
[ 1984 c 89 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.38 - Theatrical Enterprises. › 49.38.050 - Recovery of attorney's fees and costs.

RCW 49.38.050
Recovery of attorney's fees and costs.
In an action brought pursuant to RCW 49.38.040, the prevailing party is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
[ 1984 c 89 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.39 - Symphony Musicians. › 49.39.005 - Definitions.

RCW 49.39.005
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Bargaining representative" means any lawful organization which represents symphony musicians in their employment relations with their employers.
(2) "Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual obligations of the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative to meet at reasonable times, to confer and negotiate in good faith, and to execute a written agreement with respect to grievance procedures and collective negotiations on personnel matters, including wages, hours, and working conditions, which may be peculiar to an appropriate bargaining unit of such employer, except that by such obligation neither party shall be compelled to agree to a proposal or be required to make a concession unless otherwise provided in this chapter.
(3) "Commission" means the public employment relations commission.
(4)(a) "Employer" means a symphony orchestra with a gross annual revenue of more than three hundred thousand dollars that does not meet the jurisdictional standards of the national labor relations board, and includes any person acting as an agent of an employer, directly or indirectly.
(b) In determining whether any person is acting as an "agent" of another person so as to make such other person responsible for his or her acts, the question of whether the specific acts performed were actually authorized or subsequently ratified shall not be controlling.
(5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the commission.
(6) "Labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning terms, tenure, or conditions of employment, or concerning the association of representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and symphony musician employee. In the event of a dispute between an employer and an exclusive bargaining representative over the matters that are terms and conditions of employment, the commission shall decide which items are mandatory subjects for bargaining.
(7) "Labor organization" means an organization of any kind, or an agency or employee representation committee or plan, in which symphony musicians participate and which exists for the primary purpose of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of employment.
(8) "Person" includes one or more individuals, labor organizations, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy, or receivers.
(9) "Unfair labor practice" means any activity listed in RCW 49.39.120 and 49.39.130.
[ 2010 c 6 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.39 - Symphony Musicians. › 49.39.010 - Collective bargaining rights.

RCW 49.39.010
Collective bargaining rights.
No employer, or other person, shall directly or indirectly interfere with, restrain, coerce, or discriminate against any symphony musician or group of symphony musicians in the free exercise of their right to organize and designate bargaining representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining, or in the free exercise of any other right under this chapter.
[ 2010 c 6 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.39 - Symphony Musicians. › 49.39.020 - Selection of bargaining representative.

RCW 49.39.020
Selection of bargaining representative.
If an employer and its symphony musician employees are in disagreement as to the selection of a bargaining representative the commission shall be invited to intervene as is provided in RCW 49.39.030 through 49.39.060.
[ 2010 c 6 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 49 - Labor Regulations › Chapter 49.39 - Symphony Musicians. › 49.39.023 - Application of RCW 41.56.037—Bargaining representative access to new employees.

RCW 49.39.023
Application of RCW 41.56.037—Bargaining representative access to new employees.
RCW 41.56.037 applies to this chapter.
[ 2018 c 250 § 7.]