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RCW 49.12.010: Declaration.

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Washington Code › Title 49 › Chapter 12 › Section 010

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The welfare of the state of Washington demands that all employees be protected from conditions of labor which have a pernicious effect on their health. The state of Washington, therefore, exercising herein its police and sovereign power declares that inadequate wages and unsanitary conditions of labor exert such pernicious effect.

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