ESSB 6007 — Concerning employment standards for grocery workers.

What this bill does

Requires a successor grocery employer to retain the incumbent grocery employer's employees for a 180-day transitional period. Requires certain successors to provide an allowance to the incumbent's grocery workers who are not retained for 180 days. Exempts grocery employers of a certain size and certain grocery employers located in food deserts. Allows for a private cause of action if the employer has not cured the violation. Prohibits retaliation against employees enforcing the provisions.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 22, 2024
  60 yea · 33 nay · 5 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 7, 2024
  32 yea · 16 nay · 1 not voting

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