Other LanguagesPersons employed by a nonprofit agriculture fair association authorized and conducted pursuant to chapter 61, Laws of 1961, are not exempt from coverage of the 1961 minimum wage and hour act.
Director of Labor and Industries is limited in taking of assignments of wage claims.Wage claims for overtime for women working in excess of 8 hours a day invalid.
The reference to RCW 50.04.150 in the female and child labor law (chapter 49.12 RCW) adopts the statute as it existed on the effective date of its adoption but does not incorporate subsequent amendments.
Individuals employed on a farm in the employment of any person, partnership, association, corporation or other organization in connection with cultivation of the soil are exempt from the provisions of the 1961 minimum wage and hour act.
(1) An apprentice employed on a public works project may be compensated at the prevailing hourly rate of apprentices in that locality if there is a valid apprenticeship agreement in existence. (2) An apprenticeship agreement may be filed with the Washington state apprenticeship council by employers voluntarily electing to come under the apprenticeship laws (RCW 49.04.070) but registration of such agreements is not required. (3) Under rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of labor an apprenticeship agreement must be filed with the state of Washington apprenticeship council if an employer in the state of Washington is to gain an exemption from the "Davis-Bacon Act" and the "Walsh-Healy Act."
Rem. Supp. 1947, § 7594, would not prohibit an employer from withholding a sufficient sum from the wages of an employee to offset his claim against the employee for credit advanced the employee during his employment.