Title 49 — Title 49 LABOR REGULATIONS
40 chapters · 645 sections in this title.
RCW 49.60.350 Temporary or preliminary relief—Superior court jurisdiction—Petition of commission.
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(1) The superior courts of the state of Washington shall have jurisdiction upon petition of the commission, through the attorney general, to seek appropriate temporary or preliminary relief to enjoin any unfair practice in violation of RCW 49.60.222 through 49.60.225, from which …
RCW 49.60.360 Refueling services for disabled drivers—Violation—Investigation—Intentional display of plate or placard invalid or not legally issued prohibited—Fine—Notice to disabled persons.
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(1) Every person, firm, partnership, association, trustee, or corporation which operates a gasoline service station, or other facility which offers gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel for sale to the public from such a facility, shall provide, upon request, refueling service to …
RCW 49.60.370 Liability for killing or injuring dog guide or service animal—Penalty in addition to other remedies or penalties—Recovery of attorneys' fees and costs—No duty to investigate.
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(1) A person who negligently or maliciously kills or injures a dog guide or service animal is liable for a penalty of one thousand dollars, to be paid to the user of the animal. The penalty shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies or penalties, civil or crimi…
RCW 49.60.380 License waiver for dog guide and service animals.
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A county, city, or town shall honor a request by a blind person or hearing impaired person not to be charged a fee to license his or her dog guide, or a request by a physically disabled person not to be charged a fee to license his or her service animal.[ 1997 c 271 s 24; 1989 c …
RCW 49.60.390 Rule-making authority—Deadline—1997 c 271.
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The Washington state human rights commission shall adopt rules implementing chapter 271, Laws of 1997 no later than March 1, 1998.[ 1997 c 271 s 25.]
RCW 49.60.400 Discrimination, preferential treatment prohibited.
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(1) The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.(2) This section applies only t…
RCW 49.60.401 Short title—1999 c 3.
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RCW 49.60.400 shall be known and cited as the Washington State Civil Rights Act.[ 1999 c 3 s 2 (Initiative Measure No. 200, approved November 3, 1998).]
RCW 49.60.405 Distinction or differential treatment—When authorized.
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It is not an unfair practice when a distinction or differential treatment on the basis of citizenship or immigration status is authorized by federal or state law, regulation, rule, or government contract.[ 2020 c 52 s 3.]
RCW 49.60.500 Community athletics programs—Sex discrimination prohibited—Definitions.
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(1) No city, town, county, or district may discriminate against any person on the basis of sex in the operation, conduct, or administration of community athletics programs for youth or adults. A third party receiving a lease or permit from a city, town, county, district, or a sch…
RCW 49.60.505 Community athletics programs—Nondiscrimination policy required.
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(1) By January 1, 2010, each city, town, county, or district operating a community athletics program or issuing permission to a third party for the operation of such program on its facilities shall adopt a policy that specifically prohibits discrimination against any person on th…
RCW 49.60.510 Privileged health information—Noneconomic damages—Waivers.
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(1) By requesting noneconomic damages under this chapter, a claimant does not place his or her health at issue or waive any health care privilege under RCW 5.60.060 or 18.83.110, or any other law, unless the claimant:(a) Alleges a specific diagnosed physical or psychiatric injury…
RCW 49.60.515 Sexual harassment and assault policy—Adoption of by hotel, motel, retail, or security guard entity, or property services contractors—Requirements.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6039-S.SL) ***(1) Every hotel, motel, retail, or security guard entity, or property services contractor, who employs an employee, must:(a) Adopt a sexual harassment policy;(b) Provide mandatory training to the employer's managers, supervisors, and empl…
RCW 49.60.520 Television closed-captioning in places of public accommodation.
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(1)(a) Any person that owns or manages a place of public accommodation that offers a closed-captioned television receiver for use in any public area must activate closed captioning with black background, white text color, and a style and size of font that is readable to people wi…
RCW 49.60.525 Review of existing recorded covenants and deed restrictions to identify documents that include racial or other unlawful restrictions on property ownership.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the University of Washington and Eastern Washington University shall review existing recorded covenants and deed restrictions to identify those recorded documents that include racial or other restr…
RCW 49.60.530 Contractors and subcontractors with state for public works or for goods or services—Nondiscrimination requirements—Template contract provisions to be developed.
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(1) After January 1, 2024, any contractor, including subcontractors, with the state for public works or for goods or services is subject to the nondiscrimination requirements of this section and any rules and regulations to implement it.(2) Every state contract and subcontract fo…
RCW 49.60.540 Closed captioning at motion picture theaters.
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(1) A place of public accommodation that is a motion picture theater shall provide access to fully operational and well–maintained closed captioning technology for the general public for each screening of a motion picture that is produced and available with closed captioning as r…