RCW 73.16.061
Enforcement of provisions.
(1) If any employer, or any employer's successor or successors, fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of RCW 73.16.031 through 73.16.061 and 73.16.090, the attorney general must bring action in the superior court in the county in which the employer is located or does business to obtain an order to specifically require such employer to comply with the provisions of this chapter, and, as an incident thereto, to compensate such person for any loss of wages or benefits suffered by reason of such employer's unlawful act if:
(a) The service in question was state duty not covered by the uniformed services employment and reemployment rights act of 1994, P.L. 103-353 (38 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq.); and
(b) The adjutant general of the Washington state military department, or his or her designee, has inquired with the employer regarding the matter and has been unable to resolve it.
(2) If the conditions in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section are met, any such person who does not desire the services of the attorney general may, by private counsel, bring such action.
[ 2016 c 12 § 1; 2013 c 23 § 190; 2001 c 133 § 10; 1953 c 212 § 6.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2001 c 133: See note following RCW 73.16.005.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 73 - Veterans and Veterans' Affairs
Chapter 73.16 - Employment and Reemployment.
73.16.010 - Preference in public employment.
73.16.015 - Enforcement of preference—Civil action.
73.16.020 - Failure to comply—Infraction.
73.16.032 - Employment rights—Prohibited actions.
73.16.033 - Reemployment of returned veterans.
73.16.035 - Eligibility requirements—Exceptions—Burden of proof.
73.16.041 - Leaves of absence of elective and judicial officers.
73.16.051 - Restoration without loss of seniority or benefits.
73.16.055 - Determination of pension benefits and liabilities for reemployed persons.
73.16.061 - Enforcement of provisions.
73.16.070 - Federal act to apply in state courts.
73.16.080 - Bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees—Offset of military pay.
73.16.090 - Application of chapter—Other rights and benefits preserved.
73.16.100 - Legislative declaration—Other civil actions abolished.
73.16.110 - Preference in private employment—Permissive.
73.16.120 - Veteran employment demonstration campaign.
73.16.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.