{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-49.96.020","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 49.96.020","heading":"Wage requirements—Deductions—Exception. (Effective July 1, 2027.)","body":"(1) A hiring entity shall pay the domestic worker compensation at a rate that is equal to or greater than the minimum hourly rate established by the department under RCW 49.46.020.\n(2) A hiring entity shall pay the domestic worker overtime compensation at a rate of not less than one and one-half times the worker's regular rate of pay for hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek.\n(3)(a) A hiring entity may not:\n(i) Collect or receive from a domestic worker a rebate of any part of the compensation paid by the hiring entity to the domestic worker; or\n(ii) Willfully, with intent to deprive the domestic worker of any part of the domestic worker's compensation, pay a domestic worker a lower rate of compensation than what the hiring entity is obligated to pay the domestic worker by agreement or contract.\n(b) This subsection does not make it unlawful for a hiring entity to withhold or divert any portion of a domestic worker's compensation when required or empowered to do so by state or federal law or when a deduction has been expressly authorized in writing in advance by the domestic worker for a lawful purpose accruing to the benefit of such domestic worker. Any withholdings must be documented in writing by the hiring entity.\n(4) This section must be enforced as a wage payment requirement under chapter 49.48 RCW.\n(5) This section does not apply where a domestic worker voluntarily provides additional home care in excess of a written agreement between only the domestic worker and a family member to whom the domestic worker is providing services.","path":["Title 49","Chapter 49.96"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=49.96.020","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:22:55Z","sha256":"679691a1dc684c1b67ac14fbe1c859bb4b7d09978fb6c14e4e7d3c7fc99ac85d","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-49.96.010","next":"us-wa/rcw-49.96.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}