State v. CSG Job Center

Facts of Case

This case involves a challenge to the constitutionality of The Employment Agency Act (Act), RCW 19.31, as applied to an employment fisting service. We hold that the Act represents a valid exercise of the Legislature's police power and does not infringe upon the free speech, equal protection or contract rights of employment fisting services which offer more than the sale of a generic job fist.

Appellant, the State Department of Licensing (Department), is charged with enforcing the Act. Respondent CSG Job Center (CSG) is a Spokane employment fisting service owned and operated by…