RCW 49.44.050
Fraud by employment agent.
Every employment agent or broker who, with intent to influence the action of any person thereby, shall misstate or misrepresent verbally, or in any writing or advertisement, any material matter relating to the demand for labor, the conditions under which any labor or service is to be performed, the duration thereof or the wages to be paid therefor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 372; RRS § 2624.]
NOTES:
Discrimination—Unfair practices of employment agencies: RCW 49.60.200.
False advertising: RCW 9.04.010.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 49.44 - Violations—Prohibited Practices.
49.44.010 - Blacklisting—Penalty.
49.44.020 - Bribery of labor representative.
49.44.030 - Labor representative receiving bribe.
49.44.040 - Obtaining employment by false letter or certificate.
49.44.050 - Fraud by employment agent.
49.44.060 - Corrupt influencing of agent.
49.44.080 - Endangering life by refusal to labor.
49.44.090 - Unfair practices in employment because of age of employee or applicant—Exceptions.
49.44.100 - Bringing in out-of-state persons to replace employees involved in labor dispute—Penalty.
49.44.120 - Requiring lie detector tests—Penalty.
49.44.135 - Requiring lie detector tests—Civil penalty and damages—Attorneys' fees.
49.44.140 - Requiring assignment of employee's rights to inventions—Conditions.
49.44.160 - Public employers—Intent.
49.44.170 - Public employers—Unfair practices—Definitions—Remedies.
49.44.180 - Genetic screening.
49.44.200 - Personal social networking accounts—Restrictions on employer access—Definitions.
49.44.205 - Violations of RCW 49.44.200—Civil action—Remedies.