WAC 162-16-280   Newspapers and other advertising media.  (1) It is an unfair practice for a newspaper or other advertising medium to publish or circulate within the state an employment advertisement under a column heading or designation which segregates or expresses a preference on the basis of protected status. An exception is if a bona fide occupational qualification applies (please see WAC 162-16-240).

     (2) It is not an unfair practice for any newspaper or other advertising medium to print, publish, or circulate employment advertisements expressing the wording of the advertisement, or subtly, directly or indirectly a preference, specification or limitation on the basis of protected status, provided the newspaper or other advertising medium furnishes, on request of a duly authorized representative of the commission, the name and address of the person who submitted the advertisement for publication.

     (3) The commission encourages advertising media that circulate employment advertisements to:

     (a) Maintain lists of discriminatory job titles and terms and suggested substitutes, as compiled by the commission;

     (b) Instruct their ad-takers to advise employers and employment agencies of these terms; and

     (c) Have copies of this regulation available for distribution to advertisers on request.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.60.120(3). 99-15-025, § 162-16-280, filed 7/12/99, effective 8/12/99.]