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Bill would strengthen panic‑button rules, add enforcement and penalties for employers of isolated workers
Summary
House Bill 1524 would widen protections for isolated employees, add training, recordkeeping and panic‑button technical standards, and make noncompliance an unfair practice enforceable by L&I with civil penalties.
House Bill 1524 would expand and strengthen the statutory protections for isolated employees by modifying the definition of who qualifies as an isolated employee, expanding panic‑button requirements and features, mandating training and recordkeeping, and making failure to comply an unfair practice enforceable under the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) with civil penalties enforced by the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I).
Nut graf: Supporters argued the 2019 protections are insufficient without enforcement; unions and worker advocates said the bill fills enforcement…
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