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Wash. Rev. Code § 41.80.120 (2026)

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(1) The commission is empowered and directed to prevent any unfair labor practice and to issue appropriate remedial orders: PROVIDED, That a complaint shall not be processed for any unfair labor practice occurring more than six months before the filing of the complaint with the commission or in superior court. This power shall not be affected or impaired by any means of adjustment, mediation, or conciliation in labor disputes that have been or may hereafter be established by law.
(2) If the commission determines that any person has engaged in or is engaging in an unfair labor practice, the commission shall issue and cause to be served upon the person an order requiring the person to cease and desist from such unfair labor practice, and to take such affirmative action as will effectuate the purposes and policy of this chapter, such as the payment of damages and the reinstatement of employees.
(3) The commission may petition the superior court for the county in which the main office of the employer is located or in which the person who has engaged or is engaging in such unfair labor practice resides or transacts business, for the enforcement of its order and for appropriate temporary relief.
[ 2018 c 252 s 4; 2002 c 354 s 313.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2010–2017 · leading case: Imperato v. Wenatchee Valley Coll., 247 P.3d 816 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011).
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Imperato v. Wenatchee Valley Coll., 247 P.3d 816 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 10× “" However, the statutes are silent as to what statute of limitations applies when an unfair labor practice claim is filed directly in superior court.”
Imperato v. Wenatchee Valley Coll., 160 Wash. App. 353 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 10× “” However, the statutes are silent as to what statute of limitations applies when an unfair labor practice claim is filed directly in superior court.”
Roland Killian & Dennis Bailey v. Int'l Union Of Operating Engineers, Resp, 381 P.3d 161 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “160(1) and RCW 41.80.120(1). Id. at 360-61. But, that those statutes only establish the statute of limitations for unfair labor practice claims that are specifically filed with PERC.”
Killian v. Seattle Pub. Schs. (Wash. 2017). · cites it 11× “160(1) and RCW 41.80.120(1) does not apply to unfair labor practices filed in superior court because those statutes refer only to those claims filed with PERC.”
Gehr v. South Puget Sound Cmty. Coll., 155 Wash. App. 527 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “¶12 RCW 41.80.120(1) provides that the PERC is “empowered and directed to prevent any unfair labor practice *536 and to issue appropriate remedial orders.”
Gehr v. South Puget Sound Cmty. Coll., 228 P.3d 823 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “" Gehr and WFSE contend that they could not appeal the College's exemption decision to the PERC because the "issue challenged has always been whether or not [the College's] basis for exemption was justified under RCW 41.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 41.80.120(1) — 6 cases
Imperato v. Wenatchee Valley Coll., 247 P.3d 816 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). “" However, the statutes are silent as to what statute of limitations applies when an unfair labor practice claim is filed directly in superior court.”
Imperato v. Wenatchee Valley Coll., 160 Wash. App. 353 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). “” However, the statutes are silent as to what statute of limitations applies when an unfair labor practice claim is filed directly in superior court.”
Roland Killian & Dennis Bailey v. Int'l Union Of Operating Engineers, Resp, 381 P.3d 161 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “160(1) and RCW 41.80.120(1). Id. at 360-61. But, that those statutes only establish the statute of limitations for unfair labor practice claims that are specifically filed with PERC.”
Killian v. Seattle Pub. Schs. (Wash. 2017). “160(1) and RCW 41.80.120(1) does not apply to unfair labor practices filed in superior court because those statutes refer only to those claims filed with PERC.”
Gehr v. South Puget Sound Cmty. Coll., 155 Wash. App. 527 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “¶12 RCW 41.80.120(1) provides that the PERC is “empowered and directed to prevent any unfair labor practice *536 and to issue appropriate remedial orders.”
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