Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 49 Labor Regulations - Chapter 49.44 Violations -- Prohibited Practices

  • 49.44.010 Blacklisting -- Penalty
    Every person in this state who shall wilfully and maliciously, send or deliver, or make or cause to be made, for the purpose of being ...
  • 49.44.020 Bribery of labor representative
    Every person who shall give, offer or promise, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward to any duly constituted representative of a labor organization, ...
  • 49.44.030 Labor representative receiving bribe
    Every person who, being the duly constituted representative of a labor organization, shall ask or receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward, or ...
  • 49.44.040 Obtaining employment by false letter or certificate
    Every person who shall obtain employment or appointment to any office or place of trust, by color or aid of any false or forged letter ...
  • 49.44.050 Fraud by employment agent
    Every employment agent or broker who, with intent to influence the action of any person thereby, shall misstate or misrepresent verbally, or in any writing ...
  • 49.44.060 Corrupt influencing of agent
    Every person who shall give, offer or promise, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward to any agent, employee or servant of any person ...
  • 49.44.080 Endangering life by refusal to labor
    Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously, either alone or in combination with others, break a contract of service or employment, knowing or having reasonable ...
  • 49.44.090 Unfair practices in employment because of age of employee or applicant -- Exceptions
    It shall be an unfair practice: (1) For an employer or licensing agency, because an individual is forty years of age or older, to refuse ...
  • 49.44.100 Bringing in out-of-state persons to replace employees involved in labor dispute -- Penalty
    (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation not directly involved in a labor strike or lockout to recruit and bring into ...
  • 49.44.120 Requiring lie detector tests -- Penalty
    (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or the state of Washington, its political subdivisions or municipal corporations to require, directly or ...
  • 49.44.135 Requiring lie detector tests -- Civil penalty and damages -- Attorneys' fees
    In a civil action alleging a violation of RCW 49.44.120, the court may: (1) Award a penalty in the amount of five hundred dollars to ...
  • 49.44.140 Requiring assignment of employee's rights to inventions -- Conditions
    (1) A provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign or offer to assign any of the employee's rights in an ...
  • 49.44.150 Requiring assignment of employee's rights to inventions -- Disclosure of inventions by employee
    Even though the employee meets the burden of proving the conditions specified in RCW 49.44.140, the employee shall, at the time of employment or thereafter, ...
  • 49.44.160 Public employers -- Intent
    The legislature intends that public employers be prohibited from misclassifying employees, or taking other action to avoid providing or continuing to provide employment-based benefits to ...
  • 49.44.170 Public employers -- Unfair practices -- Definitions -- Remedies
    (1) It is an unfair practice for any public employer to: (a) Misclassify any employee to avoid providing or continuing to provide employment-based benefits; or ...
  • 49.44.180 Genetic screening
    It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or the state of Washington, its political subdivisions, or municipal corporations to require, directly or indirectly, ...
  • 49.44.190 Noncompetition agreements for broadcasting industry employees -- Restrictions -- Trade secrets protected
    (1) If an employee subject to an employee noncompetition agreement is terminated without just cause or laid off by action of the employer, the noncompetition ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009