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.
RCW 49.46.120
Chapter establishes minimum standards and is supplementary to other laws—More favorable standards unaffected.
Known as the Washington Minimum Wage Act
The act spans §§ 49–49 (34 sections).
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case 96 Wash. 2d 893 - Weeks v. Chief of Washington State Patrol (1982)
Most recently applied in 190 Wash. 2d 612 - Certification From the U.S. Dist. Court for the E. Dist. of Wash. in Mariano Carranza v. Dovex Fruit Co. (May 2018)
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.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.