State and Local

Washington State

Find your legislators' contact information online. You may also call the legislative hotline (1-800-562-6000) and leave a message for your legislator.

• Washington enacts the "Silenced No More Act," which prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring an employee to sign a nondisclosure or nondisparagement agreement that restricts the employee from discussing illegal discrimination, harassment, sexual assault, retaliation, wage and hour violations, or any other conduct against public policy. See 2021 Wa. HB 1795.

Equal Pay and Opportunities Act 5761 Effective 1/1/2023.

1. All employers with 15 or more employees in Washington State must disclose a wage or salary range and a general description of benefits and other compensation for job posts, ads, transfers, and internal promotions.

2. Employers must provide equal compensation to similarly employed workers except for some specific reasons not related to gender.

WA State Minimum Wage

For 2023 the State's minimum wage is $15.74 per hour. The wage applies to workers who are 16 years and older. For more information about other wage, categories see the link: https://www.lni.wa.gov/news-events/article/22-026

City of Seattle Minimum Wage

For Large Employers (501 or more employees) it is $18.69/hr. For Smaller Employers (500 or fewer employees) it is $18.69/hr. or $16.50/hr. depending on the employer's medical benefits contributions and/or employee hourly tips. For more information see the link: https://www.seattle.gov/laborstandards/ordinances/minimum-wage

The City of Seattle made permanent the temporary PSST measure enacted in 2020 that gig workers will accrue one sick day for every 30 days of work. It was passed on Tuesday 3/28/23 by a vote of 9-0