Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 49 Labor Regulations - Chapter 49.48 Wages -- Payment -- Collection

49.48.010 Payment of wages due to employee ceasing work to be at end of pay period -- Exceptions -- Authorized deductions or withholdings
When any employee shall cease to work for an employer, whether by discharge or by voluntary withdrawal, the wages due him on account of his ...

49.48.020 Penalty for noncompliance with RCW 49.48.010 through 49.48.030 and 49.48.060
Any person, firm, or corporation which violates any of the provisions of RCW 49.48.010 through 49.48.030 and 49.48.060 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.[1971 ex.s. ...

49.48.030 Attorney's fee in action on wages -- Exception
In any action in which any person is successful in recovering judgment for wages or salary owed to him, reasonable attorney's fees, in an amount ...

49.48.040 Enforcement of wage claims -- Issuance of subpoenas -- Compliance
(1) The department of labor and industries may: (a) Upon obtaining information indicating an employer may be committing a violation under chapters 39.12, 49.46, and ...

49.48.050 Remedy cumulative
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the authority of the prosecuting attorney of any county to prosecute actions, both civil and criminal, for ...

49.48.060 Director may require bond after assignment of wage claims -- Court action -- Penalty for failure to pay wage claim
(1) If upon investigation by the director, after taking assignments of any wage claim under RCW 49.48.040, it appears to the director that the employer ...

49.48.070 Enforcement
It shall be the duty of the director of labor and industries to inquire diligently for any violations of RCW 49.48.040 through 49.48.080, and to ...

49.48.075 Reciprocal enforcement agreements with other states
(1) The director of labor and industries, or the director's designee, may enter into reciprocal agreements with the labor department or corresponding agency of any ...

49.48.080 Public employees excluded
Nothing in RCW 49.48.040 through 49.48.080 shall apply to the payment of wages or compensation of employees directly employed by any county, incorporated city or ...

49.48.082 Wage complaints -- Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 49.48.083 through 49.48.086: (1) "Citation" means a written determination by the department that a ...

49.48.083 Wage complaints -- Duty of department to investigate -- Citations and notices of assessment -- Civil penalties
(1) If an employee files a wage complaint with the department, the department shall investigate the wage complaint. Unless otherwise resolved, the department shall issue ...

49.48.084 Wage complaints -- Administrative appeals
(1) A person, firm, or corporation aggrieved by a citation and notice of assessment or a determination of compliance issued by the department under RCW ...

49.48.085 Wage complaints -- Employee termination of administrative action
(1) An employee who has filed a wage complaint with the department may elect to terminate the department's administrative action, thereby preserving any private right ...

49.48.086 Collection procedures
(1) After a final order is issued under RCW 49.48.084, if an employer defaults in the payment of: (a) Any wages determined by the department ...

49.48.087 Rules
The director may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of RCW 49.48.082 through 49.48.086.[2006 c 89 § 6.]Notes: Captions not law -- 2006 c ...

49.48.090 Assignment of wages -- Requisites to validity
No assignment of, or order for, wages to be earned in the future to secure a loan of less than three hundred dollars, shall be ...

49.48.100 Written consent of spouse required
No assignment of, or order for, wages to be earned in the future shall be valid, when made by a married person, unless the written ...

49.48.115 Employer defined
For the purposes of RCW 49.48.120 the word "employer" shall include every person, firm, partnership, corporation, the state of Washington, and all municipal corporations.[1939 c ...

49.48.120 Payment on employee's death
(1) If at the time of the death of any person, his or her employer is indebted to him or her for work, labor, and ...

49.48.150 Sales representatives -- Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 49.48.160 through 49.48.190. (1) "Commission" means compensation paid a sales representative ...

49.48.160 Sales representatives -- Contract -- Agreement
(1) A contract between a principal and a sales representative under which the sales representative is to solicit wholesale orders within this state must be ...

49.48.170 Sales representatives -- Payment
A principal shall pay wages and commissions at the usual place of payment unless the sales representative requests that the wages and commissions be sent ...

49.48.180 Sales representatives -- Principal considered doing business in this state
A principal who is not a resident of this state and who enters into a contract subject to RCW 49.48.150 through 49.48.190 is considered to ...

49.48.190 Sales representatives -- Rights and remedies not exclusive -- Waiver void
(1) RCW 49.48.150 through 49.48.190 supplement but do not supplant any other rights and remedies enjoyed by sales representatives. (2) A provision of RCW 49.48.150 ...

49.48.200 Overpayment of wages -- Government employees
(1) Debts due the state or a county or city for the overpayment of wages to their respective employees may be recovered by the employer ...

49.48.210 Overpayment of wages -- Notice -- Review -- Appeal
(1) Except as provided in subsection (10) of this section, when an employer determines that an employee was overpaid wages, the employer shall provide written ...

49.48.220 Rules
The office of financial management shall adopt the rules necessary to implement chapter 77, Laws of 2003.[2003 c 77 § 3.] ...