5659-S2.E AMH COND REIN 137

E2SSB 5659 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-3529.2/07) 859

By Representative Condotta

FAILED 4/13/2007

   On page 2, beginning on line 5 of the amendment, strike all of subsection (4) and insert the following:

   "(4) "Employee" means a full-time equivalent employee.

   (5) "Employer" means: (a) An employer as defined in RCW 50.04.080, which employs fifty or more employees for each working day during each of twenty or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year; and (b) the state and its political subdivisions."

   Renumber the subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

   On page 3, beginning on line 21 of the amendment, strike all of sections 5 and 6

   Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT: Defines "employee" as a full-time equivalent employee.

Changes the definition of "employer" to exclude private employers with less than fifty employees.

Deletes sections relating to leave and employment protection.