The welfare of the state of Washington demands that all employees be protected from conditions of labor which have a pernicious effect on their health. The state of Washington, therefore, exercising herein its police and sovereign power declares that inadequate wages and unsanitary conditions of labor exert such pernicious effect.
RCW 49.12.010
Declaration.
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Wingert v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc. (2002)
Most recently applied in Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Sacks (February 2018)
1973 2nd ex.s. c 16 s 2; 1913 c 174 s 1; RRS s 7623.
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