Provision requiring an employee to waive right to publicly pursue cause of action is unenforceable.

1. Law
2. Revised Code of Washington
3. Labor Regulations
4. Violations—Prohibited Practices.
5. Provision requiring an employee to waive right to publicly pursue cause of action is unenforceable.

A provision of an employment contract or agreement is against public policy and is void and unenforceable if it requires an employee to waive the employee's right to publicly pursue a cause of action arising under chapter 49.60 RCW or federal antidiscrimination laws or to publicly file a complaint with the appropriate state or federal agencies, or if it requires an employee to resolve claims of discrimination in a dispute resolution process that is confidential.

[ 2018 c 120 § 1.]

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