A new Washington law regulating employers’ use of production quotas or production standards for employees working at warehouse distribution centers (House Bill 1762) will go into effect on July 1, 2024.
The Washington law is similar to a statute passed in California in 2021 pertaining to large warehouses. Further, New York’s Warehouse Worker Protection Act, which is like the laws of California and Washington, goes into effect June 19, 2023.
The Washington law covers all employers with at least 100 nonexempt employees at a single warehouse distribution center in Washington or at least 1,000 nonexempt employees at one or more warehouse distribution centers in Washington.
To determine the employee threshold for coverage, those employed directly or indirectly, those employed through an agency, and all those employed by an employer’s affiliates are counted.
“Warehouse distribution center” is defined to include establishments engaging in activities falling under NAICS codes:
The new law defines “quota” broadly:
a work performance standard, whether required or recommended, where: (a) an employee is assigned or required to perform at a specified productivity speed, or perform a quantified number of tasks, or to handle...
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