CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5761
Chapter 242, Laws of 2022
67TH LEGISLATURE
2022 REGULAR SESSION
WAGE AND SALARY INFORMATION—APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2023
Passed by the Senate March 7, 2022
  Yeas 28  Nays 21
DENNY HECK

President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 1, 2022
  Yeas 51  Nays 46
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5761 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
SARAH BANNISTER

Secretary
Secretary
Approved March 30, 2022 3:00 PM
FILED
March 31, 2022
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5761

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2022 Regular Session
State of Washington
67th Legislature
2022 Regular Session
BySenate Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Senators Randall, Keiser, Nguyen, Nobles, Saldaña, Stanford, Wellman, and C. Wilson)
READ FIRST TIME 01/28/22.
AN ACT Relating to employer requirements for providing wage and salary information to applicants for employment; amending RCW 49.58.110; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 49.58.110 and 2019 c 345 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) ((Upon request of an applicant for employment after the employer has initially offered the applicant the position, the))The employer must ((provide the minimum wage or salary for the position for which the applicant is applying))disclose in each posting for each job opening the wage scale or salary range, and a general description of all of the benefits and other compensation to be offered to the hired applicant. For the purposes of this section, "posting" means any solicitation intended to recruit job applicants for a specific available position, including recruitment done directly by an employer or indirectly through a third party, and includes any postings done electronically, or with a printed hard copy, that includes qualifications for desired applicants.
(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 provide 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))15 or more employees.
(((5) An individual))(4) A job applicant or an employee 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.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2023.
Passed by the Senate March 7, 2022.
Passed by the House March 1, 2022.
Approved by the Governor March 30, 2022.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 31, 2022.
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