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.
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(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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