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Wash. Rev. Code § 49.46.120 (2026)

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This chapter establishes minimum standards for wages, paid sick leave, and working conditions of all employees in this state, unless exempted herefrom, and is in addition to and supplementary to any other federal, state, or local law or ordinance, or any rule or regulation issued thereunder. Any standards relating to wages, hours, paid sick leave, or other working conditions established by any applicable federal, state, or local law or ordinance, or any rule or regulation issued thereunder, which are more favorable to employees than the minimum standards applicable under this chapter, or any rule or regulation issued hereunder, shall not be affected by this chapter and such other laws, or rules or regulations, shall be in full force and effect and may be enforced as provided by law.
[ 2017 c 2 s 9 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016); 1961 ex.s. c 18 s 4; 1959 c 294 s 12.]

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Intent—Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): See notes following RCW 49.46.005.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2021 · leading case: Filo Foods, LLC v. City of SeaTac, 357 P.3d 1040 (Wash. 2015).
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Filo Foods, LLC v. City of SeaTac, 357 P.3d 1040 (Wash. 2015). · cites it 12× “One applicable state law that we must consider is RCW 49.46.120, part of the Washington Minimum Wage Act.”
Certification From the U.S. Dist. Court for the E. Dist. of Wash. in Mariano Carranza v. Dovex Fruit Co., 416 P.3d 1205 (Wash. 2018). · cites it 2× “" RCW 49.46.120. To accomplish this purpose,the MWA regulates minimum wage rates and directs employers to pay their employees not less than the minimum hourly wage, mandating that "every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who has reached the age of eighteen years…”
Seattle Prof'l Eng'g Employees Ass'n v. Boeing Co., 991 P.2d 1126 (Wash. 2000). “]” RCW 49.46.120. By contrast, the statute, which also addresses overtime compensation, does direct payment at regular rates of pay for overtime work.”
Weeks v. Chief of Washington State Patrol, 639 P.2d 732 (Wash. 1982). “Usery, supra; see RCW 49.46.120), and the 1975 proviso does not apply to federal statutes, rules and regulations adopted after the proviso.”
United Food & Com. Workers Union Local 1001 v. Mut. Benefit Life Ins., 925 P.2d 212 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). “46.130(1) (employers must pay one and one-half times regular rate when employee works over 40 hours per week); RCW 49.”
Levias v. Pac. Mar. Ass'n, 760 F. Supp. 2d 1036 (W.D. Wash. 2011). · cites it 2× “See RCW § 49.46.120, RCW § 49.46.130; Bostain v.”
Schneider v. Snyder's Foods, Inc., 976 P.2d 134 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “(citing RCW 49.46.120). Under the MWA, employees have the right to overtime when they work more than 40 hours a week.”
Chelan Cnty. Deputy Sheriffs' Ass'n v. Cnty. of Chelan, 725 P.2d 1001 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “Any standards established by any federal, state or local law "which are more favorable to employees than the minimum standards applicable under this chapter, .”
SPEEA v. Boeing Co., 991 P.2d 1126 (Wash. 2000). “]" RCW 49.46.120. [5] By contrast, the statute, which also addresses overtime compensation, does direct payment at regular rates of pay for overtime work.”
Hisle v. Todd Pac. Shipyards Corp., 113 Wash. App. 401 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “130(1) (employers must pay one and one-half times regular rate when employee works over 40 hours per week); RCW 49.”
Hisle v. Todd Pac. Shipyards Corp., 54 P.3d 687 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “130(1) (employers must pay one and one-half times regular rate when employee works over 40 hours per week); RCW 49.”
Filo Foods, LLC v. City of SeaTac (Wash. 2015). · cites it 11× “One applicable state law that we must consider is RCW 49.46.120, part of the Washington Minimum Wage Act.”
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