WAC 357-26-055. What actions must an employer take to provide safety accommodations?

(1) An employer must provide an applicant, or employee who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or hate crime, or an employee whose family member as defined in chapter 357-01 WAC, is a victim of such acts, a reasonable safety accommodation, which includes, but is not limited to the following: (a) A transfer or reassignment; (b) Modified schedule; (c) Changed work telephone number, work email address and/or workstation; (d) Installed lock; (e) Implemented safety procedure; or (f) Any other adjustment to a job structure, workplace facility, or work requirement in response to actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or hate crime. (2) Leave taken in accordance with chapter 357-31 WAC may be considered a reasonable safety accommodation. (3) The employer may deny a reasonable safety accommodation based on an undue hardship, which means an action requiring significant difficulty or expense.