Washington Payroll

Did you know that under Washington law, sales representatives must be paid earned commission and all other money earned or payable under their contracts no later than 30 days after receipt of payment by their employers for products or goods sold by the sales representatives?

Employees covered by Washington's minimum wage law must be paid at least $8.55 an hour.

All employees are covered except for:

Employers covered by Washington's wage payment law must pay wages at least monthly on regular paydays.

Washington has no state income tax.

Most employers are required to withhold state as well as federal income taxes from their employees' wages. Some cities, towns and school districts also impose taxes and require withholding. Only Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming have no state income tax.

Washington requires employers to allow employees sufficient time off to vote.

All employers in Washington must allow employees time off to vote. This summary is restricted to coverage of private employers. Employers must grant employees up to two hours of leave time, unless the employees have two hours of nonwork time to vote. Meals and rest periods cannot be counted as nonwork time for voting purposes.