Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 49.12.130 (2026)

Witness protected—Penalty

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Any employer who discharges, or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has testified or is about to testify, or because such employer believes that said employee may testify in any investigation or proceedings relative to the enforcement of RCW 49.12.010 through 49.12.180, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of from twenty-five dollars to one hundred dollars for each such misdemeanor.

[ 1913 c 174 s 16; RRS s 7635.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1984–2019 · leading case: Thompson v. St. Regis Paper Co., 685 P.2d 1081 (Wash. 1984).

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Thompson v. St. Regis Paper Co., 685 P.2d 1081 (Wash. 1984). “Similar limitations on the employer's right to discharge are found in RCW 49.12.130 (industrial welfare), RCW 49.”

Churyumov v. Amazon Corp. LLC (W.D. Wash. 2019). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff’s Retaliation Claim Under RCW § 49.12.130 8 Plaintiff also alleges that Defendants violated a Washington law making it unlawful to 9 discharge “or in any other manner discriminate[] against any employee because such employee 10 has testified or is about to testify .”

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