Title 49 — Title 49 LABOR REGULATIONS
40 chapters · 645 sections in this title.
RCW 49.12.460 Volunteer firefighters, reserve officers, civil air patrol members—Employer duties—Violations—Definitions.
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(1) An employer may not discharge from employment or discipline:(a) A volunteer firefighter or reserve officer because of leave taken related to an alarm of fire or an emergency call; or(b) A civil air patrol member because of leave taken related to an emergency service operation…
RCW 49.12.471 Farm internship project.
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(1) The director shall establish a farm internship project for the employment of farm interns on small farms under special certificates at wages, if any, as authorized by the department and subject to such limitations as to time, number, proportion, and length of service as provi…
RCW 49.12.480 Meal and rest breaks for health care facility employees.
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(1) An employer shall provide employees with meal and rest periods as required by law, subject to the following:(a) Rest periods must be scheduled at any point during each work period during which the employee is required to receive a rest period;(b) Employers must provide employ…
RCW 49.12.483 Meal and rest breaks for health care facility employees—Enforcement—Penalties—Retaliatory actions—Appeals.
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(1) The department must enforce the provisions of RCW 49.12.480, including reviewing reports submitted under RCW 49.12.480(2) to ensure they are timely, complete, and on the department-issued form.(2)(a) Upon the department's review of the employer's report due under RCW 49.12.48…
RCW 49.12.485 Hospital staffing committee—Oversight.
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By July 1, 2024, the department and the department of health must jointly establish a formal agreement that identifies the roles of each of the two agencies with respect to the oversight and enforcement of RCW 70.41.420(7) and 70.41.425 (1) and (5)(b), as follows:(1) To the exten…
RCW 49.12.490 Minor work hour rules—College and career and technical education program enrollees.
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(1) The rules adopted under this chapter must allow a sixteen- or seventeen-year old minor to work the same number of hours and days during the school year as would be permitted during school vacations or holidays if:(a) The minor is enrolled in a bona fide college program; or(b)…
RCW 49.12.500 Working minors—Department consultation.
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Before granting a variance from RCW 49.12.121 or an applicable rule in order to allow a minor participating in a bona fide cooperative vocational education program, diversified career experience program, work experience program certified and monitored by the office of the superin…
RCW 49.12.902 Effective date—1991 c 303 ss 3-7.
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Sections 3 through 7 of this act shall take effect April 1, 1992.[ 1991 c 303 s 12.]
RCW 49.12.903 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …