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Chapter 49.46 RCW

MINIMUM WAGE REQUIREMENTS AND LABOR STANDARDS

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RCW dispositions

(Formerly: Minimum wage act)

Sections

HTMLPDF 49.46.005Declaration of necessity and police power—Conformity to modern fair labor standards.
HTMLPDF 49.46.010Definitions.
HTMLPDF 49.46.020Minimum hourly wage—Paid sick leave.
HTMLPDF 49.46.040Investigation—Services of federal agencies—Employer's records—Industrial homework.
HTMLPDF 49.46.060Exceptions for learners, apprentices, messengers, persons with disabilities.
HTMLPDF 49.46.065Individual 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.
HTMLPDF 49.46.070Records of employer—Contents—Inspection—Sworn statement—Applicability.
HTMLPDF 49.46.080New or modified regulations—Judicial review—Stay.
HTMLPDF 49.46.090Payment of amounts less than chapter requirements—Employer's liability—Assignment of claim.
HTMLPDF 49.46.100Prohibited acts of employer—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 49.46.110Collective bargaining not impaired.
HTMLPDF 49.46.120Chapter establishes minimum standards and is supplementary to other laws—More favorable standards unaffected.
HTMLPDF 49.46.130Minimum rate of compensation for employment in excess of forty hour workweek—Exceptions.
HTMLPDF 49.46.140Notification of employers.
HTMLPDF 49.46.160Automatic service charges.
HTMLPDF 49.46.170Employment of individuals with disabilities at less than the minimum wage—State agencies prohibited.
HTMLPDF 49.46.180Paid sick leave—Construction workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement excluded.
HTMLPDF 49.46.200Paid sick leave.
HTMLPDF 49.46.210Paid sick leave—Authorized purposes—Limitations.
HTMLPDF 49.46.300Transportation network companies—Definitions—Driver compensation—Notice of rights—Electronic receipts—Weekly notice, trip information—Trip fee—Driver resource center—Rules.
HTMLPDF 49.46.310Transportation network companies—Driver resource center fund—Selection of driver resource center—Intent.
HTMLPDF 49.46.320Transportation network companies—Department investigation of compensation-related complaints—Penalties—Appeals—Orders—Private right of action.
HTMLPDF 49.46.330Transportation network companies—Department investigation of noncompensation requirements—Penalties—Appeals—Orders.
HTMLPDF 49.46.340Transportation network companies—Unlawful practices—Retaliation—Penalties—Request for reconsideration—Appeals.
HTMLPDF 49.46.350Transportation network companies—Paid sick time—Department investigation—Notice of assessment—Rules.
HTMLPDF 49.46.360Adult entertainment establishments—Age restrictions—Fees—Tips—Notice of reason for termination—Enforcement—Definitions.
HTMLPDF 49.46.370Employee immigration status coercion.
HTMLPDF 49.46.380Material recovery facility—Minimum industry standard compensation—Investigation—Rule making.
HTMLPDF 49.46.800Rights and remedies—Long-term care individual providers covered under this chapter—Definitions—Compensable hours.
HTMLPDF 49.46.810Adoption, implementation of rules.
HTMLPDF 49.46.820Chapter 2, Laws of 2017 to be liberally construed—Local jurisdictions may adopt more favorable labor standards.
HTMLPDF 49.46.830Chapter 2, Laws of 2017 subject to investigation and recordkeeping provisions.
HTMLPDF 49.46.910Short title.
HTMLPDF 49.46.920Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 289.

Notes:

Enforcement of wage claims: RCW 49.48.040.