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WA Rev Code § 51.44.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.44 - Funds.|51.44.140 - Self-insurer deposits into reserve fund—Accounts within fund—Surpluses and deficits.

RCW 51.44.140 Self-insurer deposits into reserve fund—Accounts within fund—Surpluses and deficits.Each self-insurer shall make such deposits, into the reserve fund, as the department shall require pursuant to RCW 51.44.073, as are necessary to guarantee the payments of the pensions established pursuant to RCW 51.32.050 and 51.32.060.Each self-insurer shall have an account within the reserve fund. Each such account shall be credited with its proportionate share of interest or other earnings as determined in RCW 51.44.080.Each such account in the reserve fund shall be experted as required in RCW 51.44.080. Any surpluses shall be forthwith returned to the respective self-insurers, and each deficit shall forthwith be made good to the reserve fund by the self-insurer.[ 2018 c 282 § 3; 1972 ex.s. c 43 § 30; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 58.]
WA Rev Code § 51.44.142 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.44 - Funds.|51.44.142 - Self-insured employer overpayment reimbursement fund.

RCW 51.44.142 Self-insured employer overpayment reimbursement fund.The self-insured employer overpayment reimbursement fund is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Expenditures from the account may be used only for reimbursing the reserve fund and self-insured employers for benefits overpaid during the pendency of board or court appeals in which the self-insured employer prevails and has not recovered. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.[ 2008 c 280 § 4.]NOTES:Application—2008 c 280: See note following RCW 51.52.050.
WA Rev Code § 51.44.145 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.44 - Funds.|51.44.145 - Self-insured insurer program—Administrative costs.

RCW 51.44.145 Self-insured insurer program—Administrative costs.Moneys used for administrative costs for one-time projects requested by self-insured employers and that will support the self-insured employer program is subject to the allotment of all expenditures pursuant to chapter 43.88 RCW. However, an appropriation is not required for expenditures. Administrative costs include, but are not limited to, the salaries and expenses of staff required to implement the one-time projects and travel, goods, and services necessary to conduct these activities. The department must use self-insured employer administrative assessments to cover the costs of these services. The department must seek support from self-insured employers prior to accessing these funds.[ 2015 c 177 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 51.44.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.44 - Funds.|51.44.150 - Assessments upon self-insurers for administration costs.

RCW 51.44.150 Assessments upon self-insurers for administration costs.The director shall impose and collect assessments each fiscal year upon all self-insurers in the amount of the estimated costs of administering their portion of this title during such fiscal year. These assessments shall also include the assessments for the ombuds's office provided for in RCW 51.14.390. The time and manner of imposing and collecting assessments due the department shall be set forth in regulations promulgated by the director in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.[ 2013 c 23 § 116; 2007 c 281 § 11; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 59.]NOTES:Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
WA Rev Code § 51.44.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.44 - Funds.|51.44.160 - Interfund loans between reserve and supplemental pension funds—Audit.

RCW 51.44.160 Interfund loans between reserve and supplemental pension funds—Audit.The director is authorized to make periodic temporary interfund transfers between the reserve and supplemental pension funds as may be necessary to provide for payments from the supplemental pension fund as prescribed in this title. At least once annually, the director shall cause an audit to be made of all pension funds administered by the department to insure that proper crediting of funds has been made, and further to direct transfers between the funds for any interfund loans which may have been made in the preceding year and not fully reimbursed.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 224 § 17; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 60.]NOTES:Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 224: See note following RCW 51.04.110.Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
WA Rev Code § 51.44.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.44 - Funds.|51.44.180 - Stay-at-work program—Administrative expenses—Advisory committee.

RCW 51.44.180 Stay-at-work program—Administrative expenses—Advisory committee.(1) Moneys used for administrative expenses to assist employers with developing a stay-at-work program and other related services that respond to employer needs or employee needs, or both, in the stay-at-work program as they arise is subject to the allotment of all expenditures pursuant to chapter 43.88 RCW. However, an appropriation is not required for expenditures. Administrative expenses include, but are not limited to, the salaries and expenses of staff required to implement the services and travel, goods, and services necessary to conduct these activities. The department must use stay-at-work program premiums to pay for these services. The department must seek the advice of the workers' compensation advisory committee prior to accessing these funds.(2) The director must appoint a stay-at-work advisory committee composed of six members: Three representing large and small employers and three representing labor. At least one member of the committee must be a small business owner as defined by RCW 34.05.110(9)(a) or must represent a group primarily made up of small businesses. Appointed members representing employers must have experience working directly with the stay-at-work program. Statewide business and labor organizations, representing large and small employers, must provide the director with recommendations for people to serve on the committee. The department must provide staff support for this committee.(3) The members must serve three-year terms. Terms of the members representing employers and labor must be staggered such that the director must designate one member from each group initially appointed whose term must expire after one year and one member from each group whose term must expire after two years. The remainder of the initial group must be appointed for three-year terms. Thereafter, members must be appointed for three-year terms.(4) The members must serve without compensation, but must be entitled to travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. All expenses of this committee must be paid by the department.(5) This committee must review department proposals, submitted by the director, to spend nonappropriated stay-at-work program premiums for administrative expenses as defined under subsection (1) of this section, and make recommendations to the workers' compensation advisory committee for their consideration.[ 2015 c 177 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 51.44.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.44 - Funds.|51.44.190 - Construction registration inspection account—Fee levels—Transfers.

RCW 51.44.190 Construction registration inspection account—Fee levels—Transfers.(1) The construction registration inspection account is created in the state treasury. All moneys, except fines and penalties, received or collected under the terms of chapters 18.27 and 70.87 RCW and under the terms of RCW 43.22.335 through 43.22.430 and 43.22.432 through 43.22.495 must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may only be spent after appropriation. Expenditures from the account, not including moneys transferred to the general fund, may be used only to carry out the purposes of chapters 18.27 and 70.87 RCW and RCW 43.22.335 through 43.22.430 and 43.22.432 through 43.22.495.(2) The department shall set the fees deposited in the account at a level that generates revenue that is as near as practicable to the amount of the appropriation to carry out the duties specified in this section.(3) Until June 30, 2023, on the last working day of the first month following each quarterly period, seven percent of all revenues received into the account during the previous quarter from licenses, permits, and registrations, net of refunds paid to customers, must be transferred into the general fund.[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 11 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 11: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2017." [ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 11 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 51.48.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.48 - Penalties.|51.48.010 - Employer's liability for penalties, injury or disease occurring before payment of compensation secured.

RCW 51.48.010 Employer's liability for penalties, injury or disease occurring before payment of compensation secured.Every employer shall be liable for the penalties described in this title and may also be liable if an injury or occupational disease has been sustained by a worker prior to the time he or she has secured the payment of such compensation to a penalty in a sum not less than fifty percent nor more than one hundred percent of the cost for such injury or occupational disease. Any employer who has failed to secure payment of compensation for his or her workers covered under this title may also be liable to a maximum penalty in a sum of one thousand dollars or in a sum double the amount of premiums incurred prior to securing payment of compensation under this title, whichever is greater, for the benefit of the medical aid fund.[ 2020 c 277 § 1; 1985 c 347 § 2; 1982 c 63 § 20; 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 69; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 61; 1961 c 23 § 51.48.010. Prior: 1947 c 247 § 1(4d), part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7676d, part.]NOTES:Effective date—2020 c 277 § 1-7: "Sections 1 through 7 of this act take effect September 1, 2020." [ 2020 c 277 § 9.]Effective dates—Implementation—1982 c 63: See note following RCW 51.32.095.Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
WA Rev Code § 51.48.017 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.48 - Penalties.|51.48.017 - Self-insurer delaying or refusing to pay benefits.

RCW 51.48.017 Self-insurer delaying or refusing to pay benefits.(1) Every time a self-insurer unreasonably delays or refuses to pay benefits as they become due, the self-insurer shall pay a penalty not to exceed the greater of one thousand dollars or twenty-five percent of: (a) The amount due or (b) each underpayment made to the claimant. For purposes of this section, "the amount due" means the total amount of payments due at the time of the calculation of the penalty.(2) In making the determination of the penalty amount, the department shall weigh at least the following factors: The amount of any payment delayed, employer communication of the basis for or calculation of the payment, history or past practice of underpayments by the employer, department orders directing the payment, and any required adjustments to the amount of the payment.(3) The director shall issue an order determining whether there was an unreasonable delay or refusal to pay benefits and the penalty amount owed within thirty days upon the request of the claimant. Such an order shall conform to the requirements of RCW 51.52.050.(4) The penalty shall accrue for the benefit of the claimant and shall be paid to the claimant with the benefits which may be assessed under this title.(5) This section applies to all requests for penalties made after September 1, 2020.[ 2020 c 277 § 2; 2010 c 8 § 14011; 1985 c 347 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 66.]NOTES:Effective date—2020 c 277 §§ 1-7: See note following RCW 51.48.010.Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
WA Rev Code § 51.48.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.48 - Penalties.|51.48.020 - Employer's false reporting or failure to secure payment of compensation—False information by claimants—Unlawful actions—Penalties.

RCW 51.48.020 Employer's false reporting or failure to secure payment of compensation—False information by claimants—Unlawful actions—Penalties.(1)(a) Any employer, who knowingly misrepresents to the department the amount of his or her payroll or employee hours upon which the premium under this title is based, shall be liable to the state for up to ten times the amount of the difference in premiums paid and the amount the employer should have paid and for the reasonable expenses of auditing his or her books and collecting such sums. Such liability may be enforced in the name of the department.(b) An employer is guilty of a class C felony, if:(i) The employer, with intent to evade determination and payment of the correct amount of the premiums, knowingly makes misrepresentations regarding payroll or employee hours; or(ii) The employer engages in employment covered under this title and, with intent to evade determination and payment of the correct amount of the premiums, knowingly fails to secure payment of compensation under this title or knowingly fails to report the payroll or employee hours related to that employment.(c) Upon conviction under (b) of this subsection, the employer shall be ordered by the court to pay the premium due and owing, a penalty in the amount of one hundred percent of the premium due and owing, and interest on the premium and penalty from the time the premium was due until the date of payment. The court shall:(i) Collect the premium and interest and transmit it to the department of labor and industries; and(ii) Collect the penalty and disburse it pro rata as follows: One-third to the investigative agencies involved; one-third to the prosecuting authority; and one-third to the general fund of the county in which the matter was prosecuted.Payments collected under this subsection must be applied until satisfaction of the obligation in the following order: Premium payments; penalty; and interest.(d) An employer found to have violated this subsection shall, in addition to any other penalties, be subject to the penalties in RCW 39.12.055.(2) Any person claiming benefits under this title, who knowingly gives false information required in any claim or application under this title shall be guilty of a felony, or gross misdemeanor in accordance with the theft and anticipatory provisions of Title 9A RCW.[ 2008 c 120 § 9; 1997 c 324 § 1; 1995 c 160 § 4; 1987 c 221 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 323 § 22; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 63; 1961 c 23 § 51.48.020. Prior: 1947 c 247 § 1(4d), part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7676d, part.]NOTES:Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—2008 c 120: See notes following RCW 18.27.030.Severability—Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 323: See notes following RCW 51.04.040.Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
WA Rev Code § 51.48.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.48 - Penalties.|51.48.025 - Retaliation by employer prohibited—Investigation—Remedies.

RCW 51.48.025 Retaliation by employer prohibited—Investigation—Remedies.(1) No employer may discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed or communicated to the employer an intent to file a claim for compensation or exercises any rights provided under this title. However, nothing in this section prevents an employer from taking any action against a worker for other reasons including, but not limited to, the worker's failure to observe health or safety standards adopted by the employer, or the frequency or nature of the worker's job-related accidents.(2) Any employee who believes that he or she has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against by an employer in violation of this section may file a complaint with the director alleging discrimination within ninety days of the date of the alleged violation. Upon receipt of such complaint, the director shall cause an investigation to be made as the director deems appropriate. Within ninety days of the receipt of a complaint filed under this section, the director shall notify the complainant of his or her determination. If upon such investigation, it is determined that this section has been violated, the director shall bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred.(3) If the director determines that this section has not been violated, the employee may institute the action on his or her own behalf.(4) In any action brought under this section, the superior court shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to restrain violations of subsection (1) of this section and to order all appropriate relief including rehiring or reinstatement of the employee with back pay.[ 1985 c 347 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 51.48.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.48 - Penalties.|51.48.030 - Failure to keep records and make reports.

RCW 51.48.030 Failure to keep records and make reports.(1) Every employer who fails to keep and preserve the records required by this title or fails to make the reports provided in this title shall be subject to a penalty determined by the director but not to exceed five hundred dollars or two hundred percent of the quarterly tax for each such offense, whichever is greater. Any employer who fails to keep and preserve the records adequate to determine taxes due shall be forever barred from questioning, in an appeal before the board of industrial insurance appeals or the courts, the correctness of any assessment by the department based on any period for which such records have not been kept and preserved.(2) The department may waive penalties for first-time or de minimis violations of this section. Any penalty that is waived under this section may be reinstated and imposed in addition to any additional penalties associated with a subsequent violation or failure within a year to correct the previous violation as required by the department.[ 2020 c 277 § 3; 1986 c 9 § 8; 1985 c 347 § 4; 1982 c 63 § 21; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 64; 1961 c 23 § 51.48.030. Prior: 1947 c 247 § 1(4d), part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7676d, part.]NOTES:Effective date—2020 c 277 §§ 1-7: See note following RCW 51.48.010.Effective dates—Implementation—1982 c 63: See note following RCW 51.32.095.Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
WA Rev Code § 51.48.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.48 - Penalties.|51.48.040 - Inspection of employer's records.

RCW 51.48.040 Inspection of employer's records.(1) The books, records and payrolls of the employer pertinent to the administration of this title shall always be open to inspection by the department or its traveling auditor, agent or assistant, for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of the payroll, the persons employed, and such other information as may be necessary for the department and its management under this title.(2) Refusal on the part of the employer to submit his or her books, records and payrolls for such inspection to the department, or any assistant presenting written authority from the director, shall subject the offending employer to a penalty determined by the director but not to exceed five hundred dollars for each offense and the individual who personally gives such refusal is guilty of a misdemeanor.(3) Any employer who fails to allow adequate inspection in accordance with the requirements of this section is subject to having its certificate of coverage revoked by order of the department and is forever barred from questioning in any proceeding in front of the board of industrial insurance appeals or any court, the correctness of any assessment by the department based on any period for which such records have not been produced for inspection.[ 2020 c 277 § 4; 2003 c 53 § 282; 1986 c 9 § 9; 1985 c 347 § 5; 1961 c 23 § 51.48.040. Prior: 1911 c 74 § 15, part; RRS § 7690, part.]NOTES:Effective date—2020 c 277 §§ 1-7: See note following RCW 51.48.010.Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 51.48.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.48 - Penalties.|51.48.050 - Liability for illegal collections for medical aid.

RCW 51.48.050 Liability for illegal collections for medical aid.It shall be unlawful for any employer to directly or indirectly demand or collect from any of his or her workers any sum of money whatsoever for or on account of medical, surgical, hospital, or other treatment or transportation of injured workers, other than as specified in RCW 51.16.140, and any employer who directly or indirectly violates the foregoing provisions of this section shall be liable to the state for the benefit of the medical aid fund in ten times the amount so demanded or collected, and such employer and every officer, agent, or servant of such employer knowingly participating therein shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 1980 c 14 § 13. Prior: 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 70; 1977 ex.s. c 323 § 23; 1961 c 23 § 51.48.050; prior: 1917 c 28 § 17; RRS § 7726.]NOTES:Severability—Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 323: See notes following RCW 51.04.040.
WA Rev Code § 51.48.055 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 51 - Industrial Insurance|Chapter 51.48 - Penalties.|51.48.055 - Termination, dissolution, or abandonment of business—Personal liability for unpaid premiums.

RCW 51.48.055 Termination, dissolution, or abandonment of business—Personal liability for unpaid premiums.(1) Upon termination, dissolution, or abandonment of a corporate or limited liability company business, any officer, member, manager, or other person having control or supervision of payment and/or reporting of industrial insurance, or who is charged with the responsibility for the filing of returns, is personally liable for any unpaid premiums and interest and penalties on those premiums if such officer or other person willfully fails to pay or to cause to be paid any premiums due the department under chapter 51.16 RCW.For purposes of this subsection "willfully fails to pay or to cause to be paid" means that the failure was the result of an intentional, conscious, and voluntary course of action.(2) The officer, member, manager, or other person is liable only for premiums that became due during the period he or she had the control, supervision, responsibility, or duty to act for the corporation described in subsection (1) of this section, plus interest and penalties on those premiums.(3) The officer, member, manager, or other person is not liable if that person is not exempt from mandatory coverage under RCW 51.12.020 and was directed not to pay the employer's premiums by someone who is exempt.(4) The officer, member, manager, or other person is not liable if all of the assets of the corporation or limited liability company have been applied to its debts through bankruptcy or receivership.(5) Any person having been issued a notice of assessment under this section is entitled to the appeal procedures under RCW 51.48.131.(6) This section does not relieve the corporation or limited liability company of its liabilities under Title 51 RCW or otherwise impair other tax collection remedies afforded by law.(7) Collection authority and procedures prescribed in this chapter apply to collections under this section.[ 2004 c 243 § 3.]NOTES:Adoption of rules—2004 c 243: See note following RCW 51.08.177.