Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 49.48.115 (2026)

Employer defined

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For the purposes of RCW 49.48.120 the word "employer" shall include every person, firm, partnership, corporation, the state of Washington, and all municipal corporations.

[ 1939 c 139 s 1; RRS s 1464-1. Formerly RCW 49.48.120, part.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1995–2005 · leading case: Dickens v. All. Analytical Labs., L.L.C., 127 Wash. App. 433 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005).

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Dickens v. All. Analytical Labs., L.L.C., 127 Wash. App. 433 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “” RCW 49.48.115. Our courts broadly apply liability to persons who could be considered an employer under the statute.”

Dickens v. All. Analytical Labs., Inc., 111 P.3d 889 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “2d 371 . ¶ 12 An employer can be found liable under the statute.”

Keenan v. Allan, 889 F. Supp. 1320 (E.D. Wash. 1995). “RCW 49.48.115. Under the second state claim, “[a]ny employer and any officer, vice principal or agent of any employer who” [w]ilfully and with intent to deprive the employee of any part of his wages, shall pay any employee a lower wage than the wage such employer is obligated to…”

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