Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 49.44.050 (2026)

Fraud by employment agent

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Every employment agent or broker who, with intent to influence the action of any person thereby, shall misstate or misrepresent verbally, or in any writing or advertisement, any material matter relating to the demand for labor, the conditions under which any labor or service is to be performed, the duration thereof or the wages to be paid therefor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

[ 1909 c 249 s 372; RRS s 2624.]

Notes:

Discrimination—Unfair practices of employment agencies: RCW 49.60.200.

False advertising: RCW 9.04.010.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Karl Kersteter, V. Concrete Sch. Dist. (Wash. Ct. App. 2022).

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Karl Kersteter, V. Concrete Sch. Dist. (Wash. Ct. App. 2022). “In RCW 49.44.050, an employment agent who misstates any material matter relating to wages paid to an employee is guilty of a misdemeanor.”

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