Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 49.46.070 (2026)
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(1) Every employer subject to any provision of this chapter or of any regulation issued under this chapter shall make, and keep in or about the premises wherein any employee is employed, a record of the name, address, and occupation of each of his or her employees, the rate of pay, and the amount paid each pay period to each such employee, the hours worked each day and each workweek by such employee, and such other information as the director shall prescribe by regulation as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations thereunder. Such records shall be open for inspection or transcription by the director or his or her authorized representative at any reasonable time. Every such employer shall furnish to the director or to his or her authorized representative on demand a sworn statement of such records and information upon forms prescribed or approved by the director.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the provisions of this section apply to individuals covered by *RCW 49.46.010(3)(q) with the exception of records related to the hours worked each day and each workweek by such employee or employees, the time of day and day of week each workweek begins, and any other similar information that the director shall prescribe by regulation as necessary or appropriate related to records of hours worked for such individuals.
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Cited in 8
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Griffith v. Schnitzer Steel Indus., 115 P.3d 1065 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005).
Griffith v. Schnitzer Steel Indus., 115 P.3d 1065 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “, RCW 49.46.070 (requiring employer to maintain records of all hours worked by an employee); RCW 49.”
Griffith v. Schnitzer Steel Indus., Inc., 128 Wash. App. 438 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “, RCW 49.46.070 (requiring employer to maintain records of all hours worked by an employee); RCW 49.”
United Food & Com. Workers Union Local 1001 v. Mut. Benefit Life Ins., 925 P.2d 212 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). “RCW 49.46.070. In enacting these protections, the Legislature stated that parties, bargaining collectively, may establish wages or other work conditions only "in excess of the applicable minimum” set forth in these provisions.”
Hisle v. Todd Pac. Shipyards Corp., 113 Wash. App. 401 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “090(1) (employer who pays employee less than wages entitled to shall be liable to employee for full amount of wage rate, costs, and attorney fees).”
Hisle v. Todd Pac. Shipyards Corp., 54 P.3d 687 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “090(1) (employer who pays employee less than wages entitled to shall be liable to employee for full amount of wage rate, costs, and attorney fees).”
Nwauzor v. The GEO Grp. Inc (W.D. Wash. 2021). “See RCW 49.46.070.) In any event, there was 3 evidence in the record about the number of unpaid hours worked.”
Five Star Guttering, LLC v. Dep't of Labor & Indus. (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “Five Star kept no records of Marcelina Torres’ rate of pay or the amount paid each pay period, as required by RCW 49.46.070 and WAC 296-128-010. Torres met her initial burden of showing she was not properly compensated.”
Naomi Bennett, V. Providence Health & Servs. (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “RCW 49.46.070(1); WAC 296-128-010(6). Both parties cite to the Department’s administrative policy ES.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 49.46.070(1) — 1 case
Naomi Bennett, V. Providence Health & Servs. (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “RCW 49.46.070(1); WAC 296-128-010(6). Both parties cite to the Department’s administrative policy ES.”
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