FINAL BILL REPORT
SHB 1794
C 28 L 22
Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Requiring an employer to reimburse employee fees when a paycheck is dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment.
Sponsors: House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards (originally sponsored by Representatives Hoff, Sells, Berry, Sutherland, Wylie, Simmons, Pollet and Young; by request of Department of Labor & Industries).
House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards
Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs
Background:

Various laws, such as the Minimum Wage Act and Wage Payment Act, establish standards for the payment of wages.  It is unlawful for an employer to deprive an employee of his or her wages. 


If the employer fails to pay an employee wages owed, the employee may file a wage complaint with the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I).  One example of a failure to pay wages owed is if a paycheck is denied for nonsufficient funds.
Summary:

An employer that pays an employee with an instrument later returned for nonsufficient funds must reimburse the employee for fees charged by the employee's financial institution, unless the employer can show that it was returned due to an error.
Votes on Final Passage:
House 96 0
Senate 48 0
Effective:

June 9, 2022