Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 49.46.200 (2026)
Paid sick leave
✓ current as of May 2026
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The demands of the workplace and of families need to be balanced to promote public health, family stability, and economic security. It is in the public interest to provide reasonable paid sick leave for employees to care for the health of themselves and their families. Such paid sick leave shall be provided at the greater of the newly increased minimum wage or the employee's regular and normal wage.
[ 2017 c 2 s 4 (Initiative Measure No. 1433, approved November 8, 2016).]
Notes:
Intent—Effective date—2017 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1433): See notes following RCW 49.46.005.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2019–2022 · leading case: Air Transp. Ass'n of Am. Inc v. Sacks (W.D. Wash. 2019).
Air Transp. Ass'n of Am. Inc v. Sacks (W.D. Wash. 2019). “See RCW 49.46.200; RCW 49.46.210(4). 5 In short, WPSLL does not unavoidably obstruct interstate commerce in the same way as 6 other regulations that have been invalidated under the Dormant Commerce Clause.”
Taber v. Cascade Designs Incoporated (W.D. Wash. 2022). “24 See RCW 49.46.200. 1 deeply inconsistent, Plaintiff raises a genuine dispute of fact as to whether these payments made 2 her whole.”
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