5023-S.E AMH ORTI LEON 218

ESSB 5023 - H AMD TO APP COMM AMD (H-2171.1/25) 1306

By Representative Ortiz-Self

NOT CONSIDERED 04/27/2025

On page 3, line 24 of the striking amendment, after "pay." insert "This section does not prohibit a hiring entity from requiring a domestic worker to remain on duty on the premises or at a prescribed worksite during any meal or rest period when necessary for the nature of the work, including but not limited to circumstances where a domestic worker is responsible for the care of a minor or vulnerable person."

EFFECT: Specifies that a hiring entity is not prohibited from requiring a domestic worker to remain on duty during any meal or rest period when necessary for the nature of the work, including but not limited to circumstances where a domestic worker is responsible for the care of a minor or other vulnerable person (and otherwise retains requirements for a hiring entity to compensate the domestic worker for a meal period when the worker cannot be relieved of all duties and for a rest period under all circumstances).

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