2020 legislative review
Rep . Gina Mosbrucker , R-Goldendale , is the Minority Caucus Vice Chair and the ranking member of the House Labor & Workplace Standards Committee . She met with D ’ Arcy Harrison , owner of Emerson Salon in Seattle , and other AWB members during the 2020 Legislative Day and Hill Climb . ( Photo : Brian Mittge / AWB )
worldwide to provide employees 14 days notice of work schedules , compensate employees for schedule changes , grant employee requests for schedule changes under certain conditions , and meet other requirements . In addition , it would have required employers to give access to additional hours to existing employees before hiring externally . The bill also would have restricted employers and employees from negotiating changes to schedules with short notice and would have restricted the flexibility of employees to change their schedules to accommodate unforeseen circumstances . The companion bill was Senate Bill 5717 , sponsored by Sen . Rebecca Saldaña , D-Seattle . AWB opposed both bills . general human resource matters
2SHB 1965 qui tam / whistleblower actions
Failed / AWB Opposed
Second Substitute House Bill 1965 , sponsored by Rep . Drew Hansen , D-Bainbridge Island , would have allowed whistleblowers to bring actions on behalf of the state for violations of workplace protections . It would authorize a qui tam action for enforcement of various employment laws under which a relator ( any natural person , corporation , association , or other legal entity , or a local government of the state ) on behalf of an agency may pursue relief the agency may pursue . It would allow a split of any penalties awarded between the agency and the relator . The relator may bring a qui tam action in court for any relief the specified state agency may seek , including penalties , equitable relief , and any relief specified in rule . The action may allege multiple violations affecting multiple employees . The granting of relief is subject to the same conditions and limitations that apply to the agency , and the qui tam action must be commenced within the same statute of limitations applicable to the agency . This bill would allow individuals to act when an agency chooses to not move forward with an enforcement action . This has in other jurisdictions resulted in an increase in frivolous actions . AWB is opposed to any qui tam legislation . AWB expects to continue to see this legislation pursued in the future .
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