1245 AMH CL CORD 3

HB 1245 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED 2-17-93

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

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

     (1)  No employer may implement a program that gives bonuses to workers for safety performance, including bonuses that are contingent on the safety performance of another worker or group of workers, on maintaining an accident-free workplace, or on the reporting of no job-related injuries or accidents over a required time period.

     (2) This section does not prohibit programs that reward workers for reporting unsafe working conditions or industrial accidents.

     (3) For the purposes of this section "bonus" means (a) favorable working conditions, or (b) cash or other award with a value exceeding fifty dollars in a calendar quarter."

EFFECT:  Adds that a safety bonus is cash or another award that exceeds fifty dollars in value in a calendar quarter and makes technical changes to reorganize the bill's provisions.