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                                                      HOUSE BILL 1245

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Veloria, Heavey, King, Franklin and G. Cole

Read first time 01/20/93.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

Regulating workplace safety bonus programs.

          AN ACT Relating to workplace safety bonus programs; and adding a new section to chapter 51.28 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 51.28 RCW to read as follows:

          No employer may implement a safety bonus program that rewards workers for a specified safety performance or for maintaining an accident-free workplace, including but not limited to the award of cash bonuses, favorable working conditions, or other rewards to workers who report no job-related injuries or accidents over a required time period.  This section does not prohibit safety bonus programs that reward workers for reporting unsafe working conditions or industrial accidents.

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