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                          HOUSE BILL 1583

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives Blalock, Conway, Cooper, Keiser, Morris, Wood, Gombosky, Dunshee, Mason, Veloria, Butler, Dickerson, Kenney, Tokuda, O'Brien, Linville and Constantine

Read first time 01/31/97.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

Requiring that employers provide discharged employees with a written statement of the reasons for the discharge.

    AN ACT Relating to discharge of employees; and adding a new section to chapter 49.12 RCW.

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

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

    Every employer shall furnish, within ten working days, to each employee who is discharged a signed, written statement setting forth the reasons for the discharge and the effective date of the discharge.

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