Approval of Agreements

by Gregory Williams, Esq. | Under Washington State Human Rights Commission (WSHRC) Practice-and-Procedure Regulations, what are the guidelines for approval of agreements? Here’s my point of view (NOTE: please read our DISCLAIMER before proceeding).

WAC 162-08-106 is the relevant regulation, and it provides the guidelines for approval of agreements as follows:

Except as may be otherwise provided for a complaint alleging an unfair practice in a real estate transaction, an agreement reached between the commission‘s staff and a respondent under RCW 49.60.240 shall be reduced to writing, signed by the respondent and a member of the commission‘s staff, and presented to the commissioners at a meeting. The agreement is not binding on the commission until the commissioners vote to accept it.

WAC 162-08-106 (emphasis added) (hyperlinks added).

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Author: Gregory Williams, Esq.

Juris Doctor. Admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. District Court Western District of WA; and all Washington State Courts. Member of the Federal Bar Association; Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association; WA Association for Justice; WA Defender Association; WA State Bar Association. Conflict Panel Attorney (Pierce County Department of Assigned Counsel). View all posts by Gregory Williams, Esq.