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WA Rev Code § 50.12.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.150 - Representation by attorney general.

RCW 50.12.150 Representation by attorney general.The attorney general shall be the general counsel of each and all divisions and departments under this title and it shall be his or her duty to institute and prosecute all actions and proceedings which may be necessary in the enforcement and carrying out of each, every, and all of the provisions of this title, and it shall be the duty of the attorney general to assign such assistants and attorneys as may be necessary to the exclusive duty of assisting each, every, and all divisions and departments created under this title in the enforcement of this title. The salaries of such assistants shall be paid out of the unemployment compensation administration fund, together with their expenses fixed by the attorney general and allowed by the treasurer of the unemployment compensation administration fund when approved upon vouchers by the attorney general.[ 2010 c 8 § 13017; 1945 c 35 § 54; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-192. Prior: 1937 c 162 § 17.]NOTES:Attorney general: Chapter 43.10 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 50.12.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.160 - Publication of title, rules and regulations, etc.

RCW 50.12.160 Publication of title, rules and regulations, etc.The commissioner may cause to be printed for distribution to the public the text of this title, the regulations and general rules, and other material which he or she deems relevant and suitable.[ 2010 c 8 § 13018; 1977 c 75 § 76; 1945 c 35 § 55; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-193.]
WA Rev Code § 50.12.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.170 - Services and fees of sheriffs.

RCW 50.12.170 Services and fees of sheriffs.The sheriff of any county, upon request of the commissioner or his or her duly authorized representative, or upon request of the attorney general, shall, for and on behalf of the commissioner, perform the functions of service, distraint, seizure, and sale, authority for which is granted to the commissioner or his or her duly authorized representative. No bond shall be required by the sheriff of any county for services rendered for the commissioner, his or her duly authorized representative, or the attorney general. The sheriff shall be allowed such fees as may be prescribed for like or similar official services.[ 2010 c 8 § 13019; 1945 c 35 § 56; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-194.]NOTES:County sheriff: Chapter 36.28 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 50.12.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.190 - Employment stabilization.

RCW 50.12.190 Employment stabilization.The commissioner shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment; to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining and vocational guidance; to investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the establishment and operation by municipalities, counties, school districts, and the state, of reserves for public works to be used in times of business depression and unemployment; to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout the state in every other way that may be feasible; and to these ends to carry and publish the results of investigations and research studies.[ 1945 c 35 § 58; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-197. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 8; 1941 c 253 § 8; 1939 c 214 § 9; 1937 c 162 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 50.12.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.210 - Employment services for persons with disabilities—Report to legislative committees.

RCW 50.12.210 Employment services for persons with disabilities—Report to legislative committees.It is the policy of the state of Washington that persons with disabilities shall be given equal opportunities in employment. The legislature recognizes that persons with disabilities have faced unfair discrimination in employment.For these reasons, the state employment service division of the employment security department shall give particular and special attention service to those persons with disabilities which substantially limit one or more of their major life functions as defined under P.L. 93-112 and rules promulgated thereunder. Particular and special attention service shall include but not be limited to particular and special attention in counseling, referral, notification of job listings in advance of other persons, and other services of the employment service division.Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to affect the veteran's preference or any other requirement of the United States department of labor.The employment security department shall report to the house and senate commerce and labor committees by December 1, 1987, on its accomplishments under this section and on its future plans for implementation of this section. The department shall report to the above mentioned committees every odd-numbered year thereafter on its actions under this section.The employment security department shall establish rules to implement this section.[ 2020 c 274 § 42; 1987 c 76 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 273 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 50.12.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.230 - Job skills training program—Department's duties.

RCW 50.12.230 Job skills training program—Department's duties.See RCW 28C.04.400 through 28C.04.420.
WA Rev Code § 50.12.235 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.235 - Washington conservation corps—Department's duties.

RCW 50.12.235 Washington conservation corps—Department's duties.See chapter 43.220 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 50.12.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.240 - On-the-job training—Employer qualifications established by rule.

RCW 50.12.240 On-the-job training—Employer qualifications established by rule.The commissioner may establish by rule qualifications for employers who agree to provide on-the-job training for new employees.[ 1985 c 299 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 50.12.245 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.245 - Cooperation with workforce training and education coordinating board.

RCW 50.12.245 Cooperation with workforce training and education coordinating board.The commissioner shall cooperate with the workforce training and education coordinating board in the conduct of the board's responsibilities under RCW 28C.18.060 and shall provide information and data in a format that is accessible to the board.[ 1991 c 238 § 80.]
WA Rev Code § 50.12.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.250 - Information clearinghouse to assist in employment of persons of disability.

RCW 50.12.250 Information clearinghouse to assist in employment of persons of disability.The employment security department shall establish an information clearinghouse for use by persons of disability and governmental and private employers. The services of the clearinghouse shall include:(1) Provision of information on private and state services available to assist persons of disability in their training and employment needs;(2) Provision of information on private, state, and federal incentive programs and services available to employers of persons of disability; and(3) Publication of a comprehensive list of programs and services in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.[ 1987 c 369 § 2.]NOTES:Legislative finding—1987 c 369: "The legislature finds that improving the economic status of persons of disability, the state's largest social minority with over four hundred thousand people, will require active state involvement. Persons of disability suffer unemployment at almost twice the rate and experience poverty at more than twice the rate of the general population. Employers have experienced confusion about the variety of employment services available to them. Optimum service from, and access to, the state's training and placement programs for persons of disability requires coordination and a clear focus on the stated needs of persons of disability and their prospective employers. It is the purpose of this chapter to guarantee that representatives of the disability community, labor, and the private sector have an institutionalized means of meeting their respective needs in the training, employment, and economic participation of persons of disability." [ 1987 c 369 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 50.12.252 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.252 - Information clearinghouse—Consultation on establishment.

RCW 50.12.252 Information clearinghouse—Consultation on establishment.In establishing the information clearinghouse, the employment security department shall consult with organizations of private sector employers and persons of disability.[ 1987 c 369 § 3.]NOTES:Legislative finding—1987 c 369: See note following RCW 50.12.250.
WA Rev Code § 50.12.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.290 - Printed materials—Department's duties.

RCW 50.12.290 Printed materials—Department's duties.When an employer initially files a business license application under chapter 19.02 RCW for the purpose, in whole or in part, of registering to pay unemployment insurance taxes, the employment security department must send to the employer any printed material the department recommends or requires the employer to post. Any time the printed material has substantive changes in the information, the department must send a copy to each employer.[ 2013 c 144 § 41; 2007 c 287 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 50.12.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.310 - Professional employer organizations—Revocation of authority to act as coemployer.

RCW 50.12.310 Professional employer organizations—Revocation of authority to act as coemployer.A professional employer organization's authority to act as a coemployer for purposes of this title may be revoked by the department when it determines that the professional employer organization has substantially failed to comply with the requirements of RCW 50.12.300.[ 2007 c 146 § 12.]NOTES:Report on implementation and impact—2007 c 146 §§ 8-12: See note following RCW 50.04.298.Effective date—2007 c 146 §§ 5, 6, and 10-12: See note following RCW 50.04.310.Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—2007 c 146: See notes following RCW 50.04.080.
WA Rev Code § 50.12.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.320 - Labor market research—High-demand green industries—Middle or high-wage occupations.

RCW 50.12.320 Labor market research—High-demand green industries—Middle or high-wage occupations.The employment security department, in consultation with the *department, the workforce board, and the **leadership team must take the following actions:(1) Conduct and update labor market research on a biennial basis to analyze the current public and private labor market and projected job growth in the green economy, the current and projected recruitment and skill requirement of public and private green economy employers, the wage and benefits ranges of jobs within green economy industries, and the education and training requirements of entry-level and incumbent workers in those industries;(2) Propose which industries will be considered high-demand green industries, based on current and projected job creation and their strategic importance to the development of the state's green economy; and(3) Define which family-sustaining wage and benefits ranges within green economy industries will be considered middle or high-wage occupations and occupations that are part of career pathways to the same.[ 2009 c 536 § 11.]NOTES:Reviser's note: *(1) "Department" apparently refers to "department" as defined in RCW 43.330.010.**(2) The leadership team was created in 2009 c 536 § 3, which was vetoed.Short title—2009 c 536: See note following RCW 43.330.370.
WA Rev Code § 50.12.330 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.330 - Domestic violence employment poster.

RCW 50.12.330 Domestic violence employment poster.(1) The department shall create an employment poster regarding domestic violence. The poster shall include space in which an employer shall provide the name or names of community resources regarding domestic violence. The employer shall post the poster and keep it posted in a conspicuous place where other required employment posters are posted. The department shall make the poster available on its website and may make the poster available in other formats.(2) This section does not create any liability for any person or entity for any acts or omissions.[ 2019 c 228 § 2.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2019 c 228: "(1) The legislature finds that domestic violence causes physical and psychological harm, broken families, economic loss, and other societal ills. According to the center for disease control's national intimate partner and sexual violence survey, about one in three women and one in three men reported experiencing intimate partner violence in their lifetime. In Washington in 2017, over fifty-four thousand domestic violence offenses were reported to law enforcement and forty-nine domestic violence homicides were committed.(2) The legislature finds that the workplace may be the only location in which an individual experiencing domestic violence may be free from a perpetrator and feel safe. Individuals experiencing domestic violence may also find the workplace a place of shared confidences. Therefore, the legislature intends to shine the light on and help curb domestic violence by providing, in the workplace, contact information for community resources regarding domestic violence." [ 2019 c 228 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 50.12.340 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.340 - Report to legislature.

RCW 50.12.340 Report to legislature. (Effective October 1, 2021.)By November 1, 2026, the employment security department, in coordination with the workforce training and education coordinating board, shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature and the governor on how the standard occupational classification or job title data required to be reported under RCW 50.12.070 has been used to evaluate educational investments, add new or modify existing training programs, or improve worksource job placement results.[ 2020 c 334 § 4.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2020 c 334: See notes following RCW 50.12.070.
WA Rev Code § 50.12.350 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.350 - Use of social security numbers in correspondence with third parties.

RCW 50.12.350 Use of social security numbers in correspondence with third parties.(1) For the purposes of preventing fraud and protecting personal privacy, the employment security department shall examine its current practices in which it discloses the full social security numbers of persons in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties.(2) If the disclosure of full social security numbers in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties is not required by any state or federal law, the employment security department shall:(a) Institute procedures to replace the use of full social security numbers with other forms of personal identifiers in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties; and(b) By July 1, 2023, cease disclosing the full social security numbers of persons in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties.(3) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section:(a) "Correspondence" means letters, emails, or other similar communications. "Correspondence" does not include financial transactions or communications sent via secured or encrypted methods.(b) "Nongovernmental third party" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, or other legal commercial entity. The term does not include a government or governmental subdivision, agency, instrumentality, or private persons or organizations covered by RCW 50.13.080.[ 2021 c 80 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 50.12.355 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.355 - Report—Unemployment trust fund—Minimum weekly benefit increase—Wages subject to tax.

RCW 50.12.355 Report—Unemployment trust fund—Minimum weekly benefit increase—Wages subject to tax. (Expires January 31, 2026.)(1) By December 1, 2021, and annually thereafter until December 1, 2025, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the department must report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature on the following:(a) Status of the unemployment trust fund, including any federal advances required for trust fund solvency;(b) An analysis of the impact of the minimum weekly benefit amount increase, including comparing wages earned and benefits claimed for those individuals receiving the minimum weekly benefit amount and the average claim duration for those individuals.(2) By December 1, 2021, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the department must report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature a review of the amount of wages subject to tax. This review shall include an analysis of the equitable treatment of employers based on the amount of wages subject to tax, including a comparison of the percentage of wages subject to tax for small, medium, and large businesses and examples of how changes to the amount of wages subject to tax would impact trust fund balances and employer contributions.(3) The department must use an existing unemployment insurance advisory committee comprising of members of business and members of labor to consult in the development of this report, including any evidentiary assumptions underlying the report. The report must be specifically discussed in a minimum of two meetings of the committee each year prior to submitting the report. The report must also include a section for committee members to respond directly to the contents of the report.(4) This section expires January 31, 2026.[ 2021 c 2 § 6.]NOTES:Intent—Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2021 c 2: See notes following RCW 50.04.323.
WA Rev Code § 50.12.365 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.365 - Plain language required for letters, alerts, and notices.

RCW 50.12.365 Plain language required for letters, alerts, and notices.(1) The department must designate department employees to assure that letters, alerts, and notices produced manually or by the department's unemployment insurance technology system are written in plainly understood language and tested on claimants before they are approved for use. Criteria for approval must include comprehensibility, clarity, and readability. If the messaging of any letter, alert, or notice falls short of those criteria, manual methods of producing a comprehensible version shall be considered while the department waits for their unemployment insurance technology system to incorporate required modifications.(2) Determinations and redeterminations must clearly convey applicable statute numbers, a brief explanation of pertinent law, outline of relevant facts, reasoning, decision, and result.(3) The department will work with an unemployment insurance advisory committee comprised of business and worker advocates to explore:(a) Establishing thresholds that will trigger automatic adjustments in department staffing assignments and phone agent staffing levels;(b) Establishing a pilot to provide a caseworker approach to the claims of a group of claimants with that casework carrying over to reemployment services;(c) Increasing language access, including by providing translation of notices sent to claimants as part of their unemployment insurance claims; and(d) Frequency of the initial and continuing training to meet the needs of RCW 50.12.360.(4) Dedicated toll-free phone lines must be established for claimants who lack computer skills or access to computers, claimants with disabilities, and claimants with limited English proficiency.[ 2021 c 271 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2021 c 271: See note following RCW 50.12.360.
WA Rev Code § 50.12.370 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.12 - Administration.|50.12.370 - Unemployment insurance claims—Online data dashboard—Quarterly reports, performance metrics.

RCW 50.12.370 Unemployment insurance claims—Online data dashboard—Quarterly reports, performance metrics.The department must:(1) Maintain an online data dashboard;(2) Provide quarterly reports with performance metrics that include:(a) Updates of unemployment rates;(b) Total numbers of claims paid, amount compensated, claims denied, claims pending in adjudication, claims on which payment has been halted for review, pending appeals, appeals redetermined by the department, and appeals sent to the office of administrative hearings;(c) Claims center phone statistics including call volume, hold times, abandoned calls, repeat calls, and all-circuits-busy messages for both claimants and employers;(d) Ratio of staff phone agents to employers and ratio of staff phone agents to claimants;(e) Number and dollar total of overpayments imposed and overpayment waiver approval rate; and(f) The percentage of unemployed persons in the state receiving benefits (recipiency rate).[ 2021 c 271 § 4.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2021 c 271: See note following RCW 50.12.360.
WA Rev Code § 50.13.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation|Chapter 50.13 - Records and Information—Privacy and Confidentiality.|50.13.015 - Information held private and confidential—Requests for disclosure.

RCW 50.13.015 Information held private and confidential—Requests for disclosure.(1) If information provided to the department by another governmental agency is held private and confidential by state or federal laws, the department may not release such information.(2) Information provided to the department by another governmental entity conditioned upon privacy and confidentiality is to be held private and confidential according to the agreement between the department and other governmental agency.(3) The department may hold private and confidential information obtained for statistical analysis, research, or study purposes if the information was supplied voluntarily, conditioned upon maintaining confidentiality of the information.(4) Persons requesting disclosure of information held by the department under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall request such disclosure from the agency providing the information to the department rather than from the department.(5) This section supersedes any provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW to the contrary.[ 2005 c 274 § 319; 1989 c 92 § 3.]