Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 49.46.110 (2026)

Collective bargaining not impaired

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Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own choosing in order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess of the applicable minimum under the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1959 c 294 s 11.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Hisle v. Todd Pac. Shipyards Corp., 151 Wash. 2d 853 (Wash. 2004).
Hisle v. Todd Pac. Shipyards Corp., 151 Wash. 2d 853 (Wash. 2004). · cites it 2× “” RCW 49.46.110. Wages are defined as “compensation due to an employee by reason of employment.”
Hisle v. Todd Pac. Shipyards Corp., 93 P.3d 108 (Wash. 2004). · cites it 2× “" RCW 49.46.110. Wages are defined as "compensation due to an employee by reason of employment.”
United Food & Com. Workers Union Local 1001 v. Mut. Benefit Life Ins., 925 P.2d 212 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). “RCW 49.46.110. See also RCW 49.46.090(1) (private agreement to less than minimum standard is no defense to action under statute).”
Schneider v. Snyder's Foods, Inc., 976 P.2d 134 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “RCW 49.46.110; United Food & Commercial Workers, 84 Wn.”
Lundborg v. Keystone Shipping Co., 981 P.2d 854 (Wash. 1999). “RCW 49.46.110. In summary, there is an extensive landscape of federal and state law dealing with the rights of workers holding that collective bargaining agreements do not supersede and cannot abrogate rights the law accords to workers.”
Hisle v. Todd Pac. Shipyards Corp., 113 Wash. App. 401 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “An employer has a corresponding duty to maintain accurate records of each employee’s hours worked, rate of compensation, and amount paid.”
Hisle v. Todd Pac. Shipyards Corp., 54 P.3d 687 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “An employer has a corresponding duty to maintain accurate records of each employee's hours worked, rate of compensation, and amount paid.”
Lundborg v. Keystone Shipping Co., 138 Wash. 2d 658 (Wash. 1999). “RCW 49.46.110. In summary, there is an extensive landscape of federal and state law dealing with the rights of workers holding that collective bargaining agreements do not supersede and cannot abrogate rights the law accords to workers.”
Joseph Mcclain, V. State Of Washington & Washington State Patrol (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 5× “2d 134 (1999) (holding that the rights provided by the MWA may not be waived by a CBA because CBAs may only establish wages “in excess of the statutory minimums”) (citing RCW 49.46.110), review denied, 116 Wn. App.”
Schneider v. Snyder's Foods, Inc., 976 P.2d 134 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “RCW 49.46.110; United Food & Commercial Workers, 84 Wash.”
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