Responding to the national “#MeToo” movement, Washington has enacted laws to protect victims of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace by barring nondisclosure agreements as a condition of employment and contracts...more
Employers who refuse to hire job applicants who opposed discrimination in a prior job may be sued for retaliation under the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD), the Washington Supreme Court has held in a unanimous...more
All Washington employers must provide paid family and medical leave under a bill signed by Governor Jay Inslee on July 5, 2017.
The new law creates an insurance fund that employers and employees both pay into, with a 0.4...more