2124-S AMH CALD PRIN 690

SHB 2124 - H AMD 1255

By Representative Caldier

WITHDRAWN 03/01/2022

On page 4, line 20, after "Sec. 5." insert "(1)"

On page 4, after line 26, insert the following:

"(2) Legislative employees shall have the right not to have a workday extend past midnight, nor have the next workday commence fewer than eight hours after the previous workday ended.

(3) The legislature consents to liability for violations of the rights provided in this section, and an employee aggrieved by a violation of this section shall have a private right of action."

EFFECT: Adds to a section establishing Legislative employee rights to organize or refrain from organizational activities that Legislative employees have the right not to have a workday extend past midnight, nor to have the next workday commence fewer than eight hours after the end of the previous workday. A private right of action and consent to liability is established.

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