RCW 26.23.080
Certain acts by employers prohibited—Penalties.
No employer shall discipline or discharge an employee or refuse to hire a person by reason of an action authorized in this chapter. If an employer disciplines or discharges an employee or refuses to hire a person in violation of this section, the employee or person shall have a cause of action against the employer. The employer shall be liable for double the amount of lost wages and any other damages suffered as a result of the violation and for costs and reasonable attorney fees, and shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars for each violation. The employer may also be ordered to hire, rehire, or reinstate the aggrieved individual.
[ 1987 c 435 § 9.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 26.23 - State Support Registry.
26.23.030 - Registry—Creation—Duties—Interest on unpaid child support—Record retention.
26.23.033 - State case registry—Submission of support orders.
26.23.035 - Distribution of support payments—Rules—Child support pass through.
26.23.037 - Insurer information exchange—Child support debt—Reporting requirements.
26.23.039 - Insurance company's compliance—Insurance claim data collection organization.
26.23.040 - Employment reporting requirements—Exceptions—Penalties—Retention of records.
26.23.045 - Support enforcement services.
26.23.050 - Support orders—Provisions—Enforcement—Confidential information form—Rules.
26.23.055 - Support proceedings, orders, and registry—Required information—Duty to update—Service.
26.23.060 - Income withholding order—Answer—Processing fee.
26.23.070 - Payments to registry—Methods—Immunity from civil liability.
26.23.075 - Payments—Dishonored checks—Fees—Rules.
26.23.080 - Certain acts by employers prohibited—Penalties.
26.23.090 - Employer liability for failure or refusal to respond or remit earnings.
26.23.100 - Motion to quash, modify, or terminate payroll deduction—Grounds for relief.
26.23.130 - Notice to department of child support or maintenance orders.