Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs.

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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5525

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senate Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Cleveland, Saldaña, Hasegawa, Riccelli, Dhingra, Conway, Nobles, and Valdez)

READ FIRST TIME 02/18/25.

AN ACT Relating to protecting workers facing employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs; adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Affected employee" means an employee who may reasonably expect to experience an employment loss because of a proposed business closing or mass layoff by an employer.

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