Legal Opinion
Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Ass'n v. Boeing Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 2000No. 67519-8PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTalmadge, J.
We are asked in this case to decide the
scope of the remedy afforded Boeing employees required by the company to attend, without compensation, mandatory preemployment orientation sessions, which the company now concedes constituted work. Under the theories of the case presented to us, we hold the employees not otherwise exempt under Washington Minimum Wage Act (WMWA), chapter 49.46 RCW, were entitled to recover damages as specified in RCW 49.46.090. We further hold the applicable limitation period for the employees’ claims is three years. Finally, we find the employees did not state…
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