Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 49 Labor Regulations - Chapter 49.46 Minimum Wage Act

49.46.005 Declaration of necessity and police power
Whereas the establishment of a minimum wage for employees is a subject of vital and imminent concern to the people of this state and requires ...

49.46.010 Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) "Director" means the director of labor and industries; (2) "Wage" means compensation due to an employee by reason of ...

49.46.020 Minimum hourly wage
(1) Until January 1, 1999, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who has reached the age of eighteen years wages ...

49.46.040 Investigation -- Services of federal agencies -- Employer's records -- Industrial homework
(1) The director or his designated representatives may investigate and gather data regarding the wages, hours, and other conditions and practices of employment in any ...

49.46.060 Exceptions for learners, apprentices, messengers, disabled
The director, to the extent necessary in order to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by regulations provide for (1) the employment of learners, ...

49.46.065 Individual 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
When an individual volunteers his or her labor to a state or local governmental body or agency and receives pursuant to a statute or policy ...

49.46.070 Records of employer -- Contents -- Inspection -- Sworn statement
Every employer subject to any provision of this chapter or of any regulation issued under this chapter shall make, and keep in or about the ...

49.46.080 New or modified regulations -- Judicial review -- Stay
(1) As new regulations or changes or modification of previously established regulations are proposed, the director shall call a public hearing for the purpose of ...

49.46.090 Payment of wages less than chapter requirements -- Employer's liability -- Assignment of wage claim
(1) Any employer who pays any employee less than wages to which such employee is entitled under or by virtue of this chapter, shall be ...

49.46.100 Prohibited acts of employer -- Penalty
(1) Any employer who hinders or delays the director or his authorized representatives in the performance of his duties in the enforcement of this chapter, ...

49.46.110 Collective bargaining not impaired
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with their ...

49.46.120 Chapter establishes minimum standards and is supplementary to other laws -- More favorable standards unaffected
This chapter establishes a minimum standard for wages and working conditions of all employees in this state, unless exempted herefrom, and is in addition to ...

49.46.130 Minimum rate of compensation for employment in excess of forty hour work week -- Exceptions
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no employer shall employ any of his employees for a work week longer than forty hours unless ...

49.46.140 Notification of employers
The director of the department of labor and industries and the commissioner of employment security shall each notify employers of the requirements of chapter 289, ...

49.46.160 Automatic service charges
(1) An employer that imposes an automatic service charge related to food, beverages, entertainment, or porterage provided to a customer must disclose in an itemized ...

49.46.900 Severability -- 1959 c 294
If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the ...

49.46.910 Short title
This chapter may be known and cited as the "Washington Minimum Wage Act."[1961 ex.s. c 18 § 6; 1959 c 294 § 14.] ...

49.46.920 Effective date -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 289
This 1975 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its ...