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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1491

HB 1491: Employee scheduling

Concerning employer and employee scheduling.

Summary

  • Requires food service, hospitality, and retail establishments with more than 250 employees worldwide, but exempting employers in rural counties, 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.
  • Requires employers to give access to additional hours to existing employees before hiring externally.
  • Provides for administrative remedies and a civil cause of action.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1491), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 23, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Nicole Macri (D-43)
Introduced
January 23, 2019 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2020
Companion bill
SB 5717
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1491, SHB 1491

AN ACT Relating to secure scheduling;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Nicole Macri (D-43)

5 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Debra Lekanoff D-40Noel Frame D-36Lauren Davis D-32Joe Fitzgibbon D-34Eileen Cody D-34

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1491)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1491)
  4. Referred to Appropriations.
  5. LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1491)
  6. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 1491)
  7. Minority; do not pass.
  8. LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  9. First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

HB 1491 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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