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Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-008 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Washington State Legislature bill summary, SB 5115 (2021-22), Establishing health emergency labor standards

ESSB 5115, Health Emergency Labor Standards Act: occupational-disease presumption for frontline employees during a public health emergency; employer notification of potential exposure within one business day; outbreak reporting to L&I for employers of 50 or more; anti-discrimination for high-risk employees seeking accommodation

Washington State Legislature; signed by Governor Inslee May 11, 2021 · Washington; Legislature (Health Emergency Labor Standards Act, administered by the Department of Labor and Industries) (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Washington; Legislature (Health Emergency Labor Standards Act, administered by the Department of Labor and Industries) · Washington
Level
State
Authority
Wash. Const. art. II; ch. 251, Laws of 2021
Issued
2021-05-11 May 11, 2021
Effective
2021-05-11 ('May 11 Governor signed. Effective date 5/11/2021.') (read as 2021-05-11)
End
Permanent (operative during declared public health emergencies) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
May 11, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • every Washington employer; frontline employers (health care, first response, food processing, grocery, agriculture, transit, corrections, education, hospitality) for the presumption
Functions reached
  • EMP
  • HR (exposure notification, outbreak reporting, accommodation of high-risk workers)
  • WF (compensable removal of infected frontline workers)
  • OP
Collection
State labor and workplace-safety agencies AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE

Operative words

SB 5115 - 2021-22. Establishing health emergency labor standards.... May 11 Governor signed. Effective date 5/11/2021.

Enforcement

L&I enforcement under RCW 49.17 (see the implementing rule, Exs. 061 and 080); workers' compensation adjudication under RCW 51.32.181

Notes

The session-law PDF could not be retrieved (lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov unreachable from this network and not archived); the Legislature's own bill history page is saved as the record of enactment. The operative rule text is verified primary in Ex. 080.

Retrieval note

The chapter number (ch. 251, Laws of 2021) is from the bill summary's history; the statutory text itself was not read.

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