2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 6 - ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
6.27 Garnishment.
6.27.170 Garnished employee not to be discharged -- Exception.
RCW 6.27.170 Garnished employee not to be discharged — Exception.
No employer shall discharge an employee for the reason that a creditor of the employee has subjected or attempted to subject unpaid earnings of the employee to a writ of garnishment directed to the employer: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That this provision shall not apply if garnishments on three or more separate indebtednesses are served upon the employer within any period of twelve consecutive months.
[1987 c 442 § 1017; 1969 ex.s. c 264 § 16. Formerly RCW 7.33.160.]
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