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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2908

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Representative Vekich

Read first time 1/24/90 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to conditions of employment; and adding a new section to chapter 49.46 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 49.46 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) An employee who reports to work as required by the employer and who is not given work, or is given less than half of the employee's usual or scheduled day's work, shall be paid for the hours in half the usual or scheduled day's work or for four hours of work, whichever is greater, at the employee's regular rate of pay.

          (2) If an employee is required to report for work a second time in any one work day and is given less than two hours of work at the second report, the employee shall be paid for two hours at the employee's regular rate of pay.

          (3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not apply if:

          (a) Operations cannot commence or continue because of threats to employees or property or because of recommendations by civil authorities;

          (b) Public utility services are interrupted;

          (c) The interruption of work is caused by an Act of God or other cause not within the employer's control;

          (d) The employee is on paid standby status and is called to perform assigned work at a time other than the employee's scheduled reporting time; or

          (e) The employee is employed in fire protection activities, law enforcement activities, or the health care industry.