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                                  HOUSE BILL 1284

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representatives Prentice, Heavey, R. King, Cole, O'Brien, Jones, Leonard, Riley, Wineberry and Dellwo.

Read first time January 25, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.Regulating workplace safety bonus programs.

     AN ACT Relating to workplace safety bonus programs; and adding a new section to chapter 51.28 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 51.28 RCW to read as follows:

     No employer may implement a safety bonus program that rewards workers for a specified safety performance or for maintaining an accident-free workplace, including but not limited to the award of cash bonuses, favorable working conditions, or other rewards to workers who report no job-related injuries or accidents over a required time period.