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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2847
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996 Regular Session
By Representatives Horn, Kessler, Buck, Silver, D. Sommers and Mitchell
Read first time 01/23/96. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting the department of labor and industries from requiring employers to compensate employees for usual and customary wearing apparel; adding a new section to chapter 49.12 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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.
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