2847.E AMS LAB S5540.2

EHB 2847 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Labor, Commerce & Trade

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 49.12 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Whenever an employer requires an employee to wear a uniform or other article of wearing apparel of a specific style or color, it must be furnished by the employer.  Usual and customary wearing apparel in conformance to a general dress standard need not be furnished by the employer.

    (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, an employer who requires an employee to wear black or white apparel not of a specific style is not required to furnish the apparel to an employee if:  (a) The employer is classified under the standard industrial classification major group 58; or (b) the employee is paid at a rate of not less than thirty-five cents more per hour than the rate required to be paid under RCW 49.46.020.

    (3) If the director, or the director's designee, finds that an employer has violated this section, he or she shall order the employer to reimburse any employee for the cost of wearing apparel required to be provided under this section and may assess the employer a civil penalty of not more than two hundred dollars for each violation.

    (4) The department may adopt rules to implement this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately."

EHB 2847 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Labor, Commerce & Trade

    On page 1, line 3 of the title, after "apparel;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "adding a new section to chapter 49.12 RCW; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency."

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