RCW 49.97.060: Notice of results of inspection. (Effective October 1, 2026.)

(1) Within five business days of its receipt of a written notice of results of an inspection of I-9 forms and any related worker records by a federal agency, an employer shall:

(a) Provide to each affected worker and the worker's authorized representative, if any, a copy of the written notice from the federal agency;

(b) Provide to each affected worker and the worker's authorized representative, if any, a written notice of the obligations of the employer and the affected worker arising from the results of the inspection of I-9 forms and any related worker records, which must be written in the language most regularly used to communicate between the employer and the affected worker; and

(c) Provide to each affected worker and the worker's authorized representative, if any, the following information, which must be written in the language most regularly used to communicate between the employer and the affected worker:

(i) A description of any deficiencies or other items identified in the written immigration inspection results notice related to the affected worker;

(ii) The time period for correcting any potential deficiencies identified by the federal agency;

(iii) A mutually agreed upon time and date, or options for times and dates, within the allotted correction period, for a meeting with the employer to correct any identified deficiencies; and

(iv) Notice that the worker has the right to representation during any meeting scheduled with the employer.

(2) The information provided to the worker under this section must relate to the affected worker only. The employer must redact any other workers' personal information as defined in RCW 19.255.005.

(3) The employer shall transmit the information required by this section to the affected worker and the worker's authorized representative using the primary method of communication typically used by the employer, which must include at least one of the methods identified under RCW 49.97.050(4)(b).

(4) This section does not modify or limit a collective bargaining agreement requiring shorter time frames for a notice than those provided under this section.