RCW 50A.15.120
Assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of right to benefits due or payable void—Exemptions.
Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to benefits that are or may become due or payable under this title is void. Such rights to benefits are exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy whatsoever provided for the collection of debts, except as provided in RCW 50A.15.080. Benefits received by any employee, so long as they are not commingled with other funds of the recipient, are exempt from any remedy whatsoever for collection of all debts except debts incurred for necessaries furnished to such employee or the employee's spouse or dependents during the time when such individual was receiving family or medical leave. Any waiver of any exemption provided for in this section is void.
[ 2019 c 13 § 69.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 50A - Family and Medical Leave
50A.15.010 - Employee eligibility.
50A.15.020 - Benefit—Amount and duration.
50A.15.030 - Employee notice to employer.
50A.15.040 - Application for benefits.
50A.15.050 - Timing of benefit payments—Employer contest of application.
50A.15.060 - Benefit exclusions and disqualifications—Employee penalties.
50A.15.065 - Expiration of leave entitlement.
50A.15.070 - Federal income taxes—Withholding.
50A.15.080 - Child support obligations—Withholding.
50A.15.090 - Repayment and recovery of benefit overpayments.
50A.15.110 - Leave available under other laws—Coordination.
50A.15.120 - Assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of right to benefits due or payable void—Exemptions.
50A.15.130 - Pandemic leave assistance employee grants—Eligibility.