Section 296-360-160 - Payment of damages to employee discriminated against(1) If an employer discriminates against an employee such that the employee earns less than he or she would have earned absent the discrimination, the employer must pay the employee the difference between the wages that the employee would have earned absent the discrimination and the wages the employee actually earned after the discrimination.(2) If an employer discriminates against an employee for a refusal to work that is protected under WAC 296-360-150, the employer need not pay the employee's wages for the time spent fixing the hazard, or that would have been spent fixing the hazard, if the employer (a) had to or would have had to shut down the job to make the repair and (b) had not other work the employee could have done.Wash. Admin. Code § 296-360-160
Amended by WSR 22-14-090, Filed 7/1/2022, effective 7/1/2022Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.240, chapters 43.22 and 42.30 RCW. 80-17-015 (Order 80-21), § 296-360-160, filed 11/13/80.