2847 AMH HORN MADS 9

HB 2847 ‑ H AMD 154 ADOPTED 2-8-96

By Representatives Horn, Kessler and McMorris

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

     "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature declares that an employer may require a reasonable dress code for employee wearing apparel during working hours.  The legislature further declares that employers need not compensate employees for this required wearing apparel when the apparel is of a usual and customary style that conforms to a general dress standard, and the exact color of the apparel is not specified or the color specified is black or white.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 49.12 RCW to read as follows:

     When an employer is otherwise required under this chapter to compensate an employee for the cost of a uniform, the employer may not be required to compensate an employee for wearing apparel that is required by the employer to be worn at work when the wearing apparel is of a usual and customary style that conforms to a  general dress standard and when the exact color of the apparel, other than black or white, is not specified."

Correct the title.

EFFECT:  An employer may not be required to compensate an employee for clothing that the employer requires if the clothing is a usual and customary style that conforms to a general dress standard and the color, unless black or white, is not specified.