Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
(1) An employer may not:
(a) Seek the wage or salary history of an applicant for employment from the applicant or a current or former employer; or
(b) Require that an applicant's prior wage or salary history meet certain criteria, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) An employer may confirm an applicant's wage or salary history:
(a) If the applicant has voluntarily disclosed the applicant's wage or salary history; or
(b) After the employer has negotiated and made an offer of employment with compensation to the applicant.
(3) An individual is entitled to the remedies in RCW 49.58.060 and 49.58.070 for violations of this section. Recovery of any wages and interest must be calculated from the first date wages were owed to the employee.
(1) Upon the request of an applicant for employment, and after the employer has initially offered the applicant the position, the employer must provide the minimum wage or salary for the position for which the applicant is applying.
(2) Upon request of an employee offered an internal transfer to a new position or promotion, the employer must provide the wage scale or salary range for the employee's new position.
(3) If no wage scale or salary range exists, the employer must disclose the minimum wage or salary expectation set by the employer prior to posting the position, making a position transfer, or making the promotion.
(4) This section only applies to employers with fifteen or more employees.
(5) An individual is entitled to the remedies in RCW 49.58.060 and 49.58.070 for violations of this section. Recovery of any wages and interest must be calculated from the first date wages were owed to the employee.
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
This chapter may be known and cited as the Washington equal pay and opportunities act."
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "information;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 49.58.005; and adding new sections to chapter 49.58 RCW."
(2) Requires an employer to provide a minimum wage or salary to applicants initially offered a position, instead of providing a wage scale or salary range for the job title to all applicants.
(3) Requires the employer to provide the wage scale or salary range for an employee's new position upon request of an employee offered an internal transfer to a new position or promotion, rather than the wage scale and salary range for the employee's job title upon hire and upon receipt of new title or promotion.
(4) Requires employers with no wage scale or salary range to disclose the minimum wage or salary expectation.
(5) Removes the provision that an employer satisfies the requirements to provide information by making it available on a website.
(6) Limits the requirements to provide wage and salary information to employers with fifteen or more employees.
(7) Provides that an individual is entitled the administrative and civil remedies in RCWs 49.58.070 and 49.58.070 for violations.