WAC 162-20-020   Statutes interpreted.  Section 1, chapter 100, Laws of 1961, amended RCW 49.60.180 to add discrimination because of age as an unfair practice of employers.

     RCW 49.44.090 reads in part:

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     "Nothing contained in this section or in RCW 49.60.180 as to age shall be construed . . .; nor shall anything in this section or in RCW 49.60.180 be deemed to preclude . . .; nor shall this section be construed . . . as superseding any law fixing or authorizing the establishment of reasonable minimum or maximum age limits with respect to candidates for certain positions in public employment which are of such a nature as to require extraordinary physical effort, or which for other reasons warrant consideration of age factors."



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.60.120(3). 00-01-177, § 162-20-020, filed 12/21/99, effective 1/21/00; Order 9, § 162-20-020, filed 9/23/71; Resolution, § 2, filed 10/18/63.]