{"id":54,"date":"2012-12-28T21:23:20","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T21:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2021-09-03T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T16:38:10","slug":"know-your-rights-as-a-wa-employee-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/publications\/know-your-rights-as-a-wa-employee-minimum-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Rights: Minimum Wage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS AS AN EMPLOYEE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON?\u00a0<\/b><b>MINIMUM WAGE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ovetime-pay-image.jpg\" alt=\"Know Your Rights as a WA Employee: Minimum Wage\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Historically, there were no rules about what employers had to pay their workers.\u00a0 If an employer could find someone to work 14 hours a day for $1.00 a day, there was no law against that.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b>We are fortunate to live in the State of Washington, where the minimum wage is the highest in the United States, and one of only 10 states that adjust the minimum wage based on inflation and the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. \u00a0For the year 2102, the minimum wage rate is $9.04 per hour.\u00a0 Beginning on January 1, 2013, the rate will be increased by 15 cents per hour, to $9.19.\u00a0 This rate applies to both agricultural and non-agricultural workers, however, 14\u2011 and 15-year-old workers may be paid 85 percent of the adult minimum wage ($7.68 in 2012, $7.81 in 2013).<\/p>\n<p>Most workers must be paid the minimum wage for all &#8220;hours worked&#8221; as required by state law. \u00a0&#8220;Hours worked&#8221; includes opening and closing the business, and attending required meetings and training. \u00a0Any time spent by an employee in the performance of these duties must be recorded and paid.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses may not use tips as credit toward minimum wages owed to a worker.<\/p>\n<p>More information on Washington\u2019s minimum wage is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lni.wa.gov\/WorkplaceRights\/Wages\/\">Wages.Lni.wa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent case, the Supreme Court of Washington held that when employees work through their rest breaks, the unused rest break time must be added on to the employee\u2019s \u201chours worked\u201d for the week, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and paid at the overtime rate<\/span> if adding that time to the time actually worked totals over 40 hours in a week.<\/p>\n<p><b>Workers have fought for decades to have the legal right to a minimum wage.\u00a0 If you feel you are not being paid according to the law, call Nelson Boyd at (206) 971-7601. 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