Can my employer in wa state demand I sign a hold harmless agreement before they pay me my final earned wages?

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   Peter Jay Wilke

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   Answered March 02, 2011 01:02. If you've earned your wages and there is no agreement or well known company policy in place when you started work stating that you have to sign a hold harmless to get your final pay, your employer cannot make this kind of demand. Even if there is something like this established, it may be against "public policy" to refuse payment without a hold harmless signature. Send a letter of demand and go to small claims court; or hire an attorney to make a demand and go from there. Good luck!
   
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   Jordan K. Foster

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   Answered March 03, 2011 10:17. If you've done the work, you're entitled to be paid. An employer cannot willfully withhold payment. Employers that unlawfully withhold payment may be looking at paying double the amount of wages and attorney's fees. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=49.48

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   Robert Kelly

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   Answered March 05, 2011 08:53. If you did the work, they owe you the money.

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