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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.145 - Employment—Exclusions.

RCW 50.04.145
Employment—Exclusions.
The term "employment" shall not include services which require registration under chapter 18.27 RCW or licensing under chapter 19.28 RCW rendered by an individual when:
(1) The individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of the service, both under the contract of service and in fact;
(2) The service is either outside the usual course of business for which the service is performed, or the service is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which the service is performed, or the individual is responsible, both under the contract and in fact, for the costs of the principal place of business from which the service is performed;
(3) The individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business, of the same nature as that involved in the contract of service, or the individual has a principal place of business for the business the individual is conducting that is eligible for a business deduction for federal income tax purposes, other than that furnished by the employer for which the business has contracted to furnish services;
(4) On the effective date of the contract of service, the individual is responsible for filing at the next applicable filing period, both under the contract of service and in fact, a schedule of expenses with the internal revenue service for the type of business the individual is conducting;
(5) On the effective date of the contract of service, or within a reasonable period after the effective date of the contract, the individual has an active and valid certificate of registration with the department of revenue, and an active and valid account with any other state agencies as required by the particular case, for the business the individual is conducting for the payment of all state taxes normally paid by employers and businesses and has registered for and received a unified business identifier number from the state of Washington;
(6) On the effective date of the contract of service, the individual is maintaining a separate set of books or records that reflect all items of income and expenses of the business that the individual is conducting; and
(7) On the effective date of the contract of service, the individual has a valid contractor registration pursuant to chapter 18.27 RCW or an electrical contractor license pursuant to chapter 19.28 RCW.
[ 2008 c 102 § 1; 1983 1st ex.s. c 23 § 25; 1982 1st ex.s. c 18 § 13.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—2008 c 102: See notes following RCW 51.08.070.
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective dates—Construction—1983 1st ex.s. c 23: See notes following RCW 50.04.073.
Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1982 1st ex.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 50.12.200.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.148 - Employment—Services performed by musician or entertainer.

RCW 50.04.148
Employment—Services performed by musician or entertainer.
(1) The term "employment" shall not include services performed by a musician or entertainer under a written contract with a purchaser of the services for a specific engagement or engagements when such musician or entertainer performs no other duties for the purchaser and is not regularly and continuously employed by the purchaser. The contract shall designate the leader of the music or entertainment group. A music or entertainment business or a leader of a music or entertainment group shall be considered an employer and not a purchaser of music or entertainment services.
(2) Any musician or entertainer who performs for a music or entertainment business or as a member of a music or entertainment group is deemed an employee of the business or group and the business or the leader of the group shall be required to register as an employer with the department.
(3) Purchasers of services under subsection (1) of this section shall not be subject to RCW 50.24.130 relating to a principal's liability for unpaid contributions if the services are purchased from a business or group registered as an employer with the department.
(4) The term "music or entertainment business" or "group" as used in this section means an employer whose principal business activity is music or entertainment. The term does not include those entities who provide music or entertainment for members or patrons incidental to their principal business activity, and does not include an individual employing musicians or entertainers on a casual basis.
[ 1985 c 47 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1985 c 47: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions and shall take effect July 1, 1985." [ 1985 c 47 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.152 - Employment—Farm internship program.

RCW 50.04.152
Employment—Farm internship program.
(1) Except for services subject to RCW 50.44.010, 50.44.020, 50.44.030, or 50.50.010, the term "employment" does not include service performed in agricultural labor by a farm intern providing his or her services under a farm internship program as established in RCW 49.12.471.
(2) For purposes of this section, "agricultural labor" means:
(a) Services performed on a farm, in the employ of any person, in connection with the cultivation of the soil, or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training, and management of livestock, bees, poultry, and furbearing animals and wildlife, or in the employ of the owner or tenant or other operator of a farm in connection with the operation, management, conservation, improvement, or maintenance of such farm and its tools and equipment;
(b) Services performed in packing, packaging, grading, storing, or delivering to storage, or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market, any agricultural or horticultural commodity; but only if such service is performed as an incident to ordinary farming operations. The exclusions from the term "employment" provided in this subsection (2)(b) are not applicable with respect to commercial packing houses, commercial storage establishments, commercial canning, commercial freezing, or any other commercial processing or with respect to services performed in connection with the cultivation, raising, harvesting, and processing of oysters or raising and harvesting of mushrooms; or
(c) Direct local sales of any agricultural or horticultural commodity after its delivery to a terminal market for distribution or consumption.
[ 2023 c 269 § 4; 2020 c 212 § 2.]
NOTES:
Findings—Effective date—2023 c 269: See notes following RCW 49.12.471.
Effective date—2020 c 212: See note following RCW 49.12.471.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.155 - Service performed in agricultural labor for farm operator or crew leader.

RCW 50.04.155
Service performed in agricultural labor for farm operator or crew leader.
(1) Service performed in agricultural labor on and after January 1, 1978, for a farm operator or crew leader will be deemed services in employment if the farm operator or crew leader:
(a) Paid twenty thousand dollars or more as remuneration to individuals employed in agricultural labor during any calendar quarter in the current or preceding calendar year; or
(b) Employed ten or more individuals in agricultural labor for some portion of the day in each of twenty different calendar weeks in either the current or preceding calendar year regardless of whether they were employed at the same moment of time or whether or not the weeks were consecutive.
(2) A farm operator is the owner or tenant of the farmlands who stands to gain or lose economically from the operations of the farm. Employment will be considered employment by the farm operator unless it is established to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the services were performed in the employ of a crew leader. The risk of nonpersuasion is upon the farm operator. The operator will nonetheless be liable for contributions under RCW 50.24.130 even though services performed on the operator's farmlands would not be sufficient to bring the services under the term employment if services performed on the operator's land in the employ of a crew leader would be covered and the crew leader has failed to pay contributions on the services. For the purposes of the preceding sentence and RCW 50.24.130, all moneys paid or payable to the crew leader by the farm operator shall be deemed paid for services unless there is a written contract clearly specifying the amounts of money to be attributed to items other than services of the crew leader or the crew leader's employees.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a crew leader is a person who furnishes individuals to perform services in agricultural labor for the benefit of any other person, who pays for the services performed in agricultural labor (either on his or her own behalf or on behalf of the other person), and who has not made a written agreement making himself or herself an employee of the other person: PROVIDED, That no person shall be deemed a crew leader unless he or she is established independently of the person for whom the services are performed and either has a valid certificate of registration under the farm labor contractor registration act of 1963 or substantially all the members of his or her crew operate or maintain tractors, mechanized harvesting or crop dusting equipment, or any other mechanized equipment which is provided by the crew leader.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 292 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 292: See note following RCW 50.04.116.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.160 - Employment—Domestic service.

RCW 50.04.160
Employment—Domestic service.
Services performed in domestic service in a private home, local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority shall not be considered services in employment unless the services are performed after December 31, 1977, for a person who paid remuneration of one thousand dollars or more to individuals employed in this domestic service in any calendar quarter in the current or the preceding calendar year. The terms local college club and local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority shall not be deemed to include alumni clubs or chapters.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 292 § 4; 1947 c 215 § 4; 1945 c 35 § 17; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9998-156. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 16; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 292: See note following RCW 50.04.116.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.170 - Employment—Maritime service—Exceptions.

RCW 50.04.170
Employment—Maritime service—Exceptions.
(1)(a) Except for services subject to RCW 50.44.010, 50.44.020, 50.44.030, or 50.50.010, the term "employment" includes an individual's entire service as an officer or member of a crew of an American vessel wherever performed and whether in intrastate or interstate or foreign commerce, if the employer maintains within this state at the beginning of the pay period an operating office from which the operations of the vessel are ordinarily and regularly supervised, managed, directed, and controlled.
(b) The term "employment" does not include:
(i) Services performed by an individual on a boat engaged in catching fish or other forms of aquatic animal life under an arrangement with the owner or operator of the boat under which:
(A) The individual does not receive any cash remuneration except as provided in (b)(i)(B) and (C) of this subsection;
(B) The individual receives a share of the boat's, or the boats' in the case of a fishing operation involving more than one boat, catch of fish or other forms of aquatic animal life or a share of the proceeds from the sale of the catch; and
(C) The amount of the individual's share depends on the amount of the boat's, or the boats' in the case of a fishing operation involving more than one boat, catch of fish or other forms of aquatic animal life, but only if the operating crew of the boat, or each boat from which the individual receives a share in the case of a fishing operation involving more than one boat, is normally made up of fewer than ten individuals.
(ii) Services performed as an officer or member of the crew of a vessel not an American vessel and services on or in connection with an American vessel under a contract of service which is not entered into within the United States and during the performance of which the vessel does not touch at a port of the United States.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "American vessel" means any vessel documented or numbered under the laws of the United States, and includes any vessel which is neither documented or numbered under the laws of the United States nor documented under the laws of any foreign country if its crew is employed solely by one or more citizens or residents of the United States or corporations organized under the laws of the United States or of any state.
[ 2013 c 75 § 2; 1949 c 214 § 3; 1947 c 215 § 5; 1945 c 35 § 18; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9998-157. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 16; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—2013 c 75: See note following RCW 50.24.160.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.180 - Family employment.

RCW 50.04.180
Family employment.
The term "employment" shall not include service performed by an individual in the employ of his or her spouse, nor shall it include service performed by an unmarried individual under the age of eighteen years in the employ of his or her parent or stepparent.
[ 1973 c 73 § 2; 1951 c 265 § 6; 1945 c 35 § 19; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-158. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 16; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1973 c 73: See note following RCW 50.04.030.
Severability—1951 c 265: See note following RCW 50.98.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.205 - Services performed by aliens.

RCW 50.04.205
Services performed by aliens.
Except as provided in RCW 50.04.206, services performed by aliens legally or illegally admitted to the United States shall be considered services in employment subject to the payment of contributions to the extent that services by citizens are covered.
[ 1990 c 245 § 2; 1977 ex.s. c 292 § 5.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective dates—1990 c 245: See notes following RCW 50.04.030.
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 292: See note following RCW 50.04.116.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.206 - Employment—Nonresident alien.

RCW 50.04.206
Employment—Nonresident alien.
The term "employment" shall not include service that is performed by a nonresident alien for the period he or she is temporarily present in the United States as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (F), (H)(ii), (H)(iii), or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the federal immigration and naturalization act, as amended, and that is performed to carry out the purpose specified in the applicable subparagraph of the federal immigration and naturalization act.
[ 2006 c 13 § 22. Prior: 2003 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 27; 1990 c 245 § 3.]
NOTES:
Retroactive application—2006 c 13 §§ 8-22: See note following RCW 50.04.293.
Conflict with federal requirements—Part headings not law—Severability—2006 c 13: See notes following RCW 50.20.120.
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—2003 2nd sp.s. c 4: See notes following RCW 50.01.010.
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective dates—1990 c 245: See notes following RCW 50.04.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.210 - Employment—Foreign governmental service.

RCW 50.04.210
Employment—Foreign governmental service.
The term "employment" shall not include service performed in the employ of any other state or its political subdivisions, or of the United States government, or of any instrumentality of any other state or states or their political subdivisions, or the United States; except that if the congress of the United States shall permit states to require any instrumentality of the United States to make payments into an unemployment fund under a state unemployment compensation act, then, to the extent permitted by congress, and from and after the date when such permission becomes effective all the provisions of this title shall be applicable to such instrumentalities and to services performed for such instrumentalities in the same manner, to the same extent and on the same terms as to all other employers, employing units, individuals and services: PROVIDED, That if this state should not be certified by the social security board under section 903 of the social security act, as amended, for any year, then the payment required of such instrumentalities with respect to such year shall be deemed to be erroneously collected and shall be refunded by the commissioner from the fund in accordance with the provisions of this title relating to adjustments and refunds of contributions, interest, or penalties which have been paid.
[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 23 § 5; 1945 c 35 § 22; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-161. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 16; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective dates—Construction—1983 1st ex.s. c 23: See notes following RCW 50.04.073.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.220 - Employment—Service covered by federal act.

RCW 50.04.220
Employment—Service covered by federal act.
The term "employment" shall not include service with respect to which unemployment compensation is payable under an unemployment compensation system established by an act of congress: PROVIDED, That the commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the proper agencies under such act of congress, which agreements shall become effective ten days after publication thereof in the manner provided in this title for publication of general rules, to provide reciprocal treatment to individuals who have, after acquiring potential rights to benefits under this title, acquired right to unemployment compensation under such act of congress, or who have, after acquiring potential rights to unemployment compensation under such act of congress, acquired rights to benefits under this title.
[ 1945 c 35 § 23; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-162. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 16; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.223 - Employment—Massage therapist.

RCW 50.04.223
Employment—Massage therapist.
The term "employment" does not include services performed by a massage therapist licensed under chapter 18.108 RCW in a massage business if the use of the business facilities is contingent upon compensation to the owner of the business facilities and the person receives no compensation from the owner for the services performed.
This exemption does not include services performed by a massage therapist for an employer under chapter 50.44 RCW.
[ 2016 c 41 § 26; 1994 c 3 § 2; 1993 c 167 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2016 c 41: See note following RCW 18.108.010.
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective dates—1994 c 3: See notes following RCW 50.04.020.
Effective date—1993 c 167: "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, 1993." [ 1993 c 167 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.225 - Employment—Barber and cosmetology services.

RCW 50.04.225
Employment—Barber and cosmetology services.
The term "employment" does not include services performed in a barber shop or cosmetology shop by persons licensed under chapter 18.16 RCW if the person is a booth renter as defined in *RCW 18.16.020.
[ 1991 c 324 § 17; 1985 c 7 § 117; 1982 1st ex.s. c 18 § 20.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 18.16.020 was amended by 2002 c 111 § 2, deleting the definition of "booth renter."
Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1982 1st ex.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 50.12.200.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.230 - Employment—Services of insurance agent, broker, or solicitor, real estate broker or real estate salesperson, and investment company agent or solicitor.

RCW 50.04.230
Employment—Services of insurance agent, broker, or solicitor, real estate broker or real estate salesperson, and investment company agent or solicitor.
The term "employment" shall not include service performed by an insurance agent, insurance broker, or insurance solicitor or a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson to the extent he or she is compensated by commission and service performed by an investment company agent or solicitor to the extent he or she is compensated by commission. The term "investment company", as used in this section is to be construed as meaning an investment company as defined in the act of congress entitled "Investment Company Act of 1940."
[ 2010 c 8 § 13003; 1991 c 246 § 7; 1947 c 5 § 24; 1945 c 35 § 24; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9998-162a.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Conflict with federal requirements—1991 c 246: See notes following RCW 51.08.195.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.232 - Employment—Travel services.

RCW 50.04.232
Employment—Travel services.
The term "employment" shall not include service performed by an outside agent who sells or arranges for travel services that are provided to a travel agent as defined and registered under RCW 19.138.021, to the extent the outside agent is compensated by commission.
[ 1995 c 242 § 1.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—1995 c 242: "If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state or the eligibility of employers in this state for federal unemployment tax credits, the conflicting part of this act is hereby declared to be inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict, and such finding or determination shall not affect the operation of the remainder of this act. The rules under this act shall meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state or the granting of federal unemployment tax credits to employers in this state." [ 1995 c 242 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.235 - Employment—Outside salesperson paid by commission.

RCW 50.04.235
Employment—Outside salesperson paid by commission.
The term "employment" shall not include services as an outside salesperson of merchandise paid solely by way of commission; and such services must have been performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprises for which such services are performed only.
[ 2010 c 8 § 13004; 1957 c 181 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.240 - Employment—Newspaper vendor, carrier, or delivery person.

RCW 50.04.240
Employment—Newspaper vendor, carrier, or delivery person.
The term "employment" shall not include services performed by a newspaper vendor, carrier, or delivery person selling or distributing newspapers on the street, to offices, to businesses, or from house to house and any freelance news correspondent or "stringer" who, using his or her own equipment, chooses to submit material for publication for free or a fee when such material is published.
[ 2013 c 141 § 2; 2007 c 218 § 85; 1945 c 35 § 25; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-163. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 16; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2007 c 218: See note following RCW 41.08.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.246 - Employment—Amateur sports officials.

RCW 50.04.246
Employment—Amateur sports officials.
Except for services subject to RCW 50.44.010, 50.44.020, 50.44.030, or 50.50.010, the term "employment" shall not include services performed by amateur sports officials, on a contest-by-contest basis, for interscholastic and youth or adult recreational sports contests. For purposes of this section, "amateur sports official" means any person who serves as a neutral participant in any sports contest where the players are not compensated , including but not limited to, an umpire, referee, judge, linesperson, scorekeeper, timekeeper, or organizer, and who is not otherwise employed by the sponsor of the sports contest.
[ 2011 c 264 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.248 - Employment—Third-party payer.

RCW 50.04.248
Employment—Third-party payer.
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this title, personal services performed for, or for the benefit of, an employer who utilizes a third-party payer constitutes employment for the employer. The third-party payer is not considered the employer as defined in RCW 50.04.080.
(2) For purposes of this section, "third-party payer" means an individual or entity that enters into an agreement with one or more employers to provide administrative, human resource, or payroll administration services, but does not provide an employment or coemployment relationship. Temporary staffing services companies, services referral agencies, professional employer organizations, and labor organizations are not third-party payers.
[ 2007 c 146 § 15.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—2007 c 146: See notes following RCW 50.04.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.255 - Employment—Appraisal practitioner services.

RCW 50.04.255
Employment—Appraisal practitioner services.
The term "employment" does not include services performed by an appraisal practitioner certified or licensed under chapter 18.140 RCW in an appraisal business if the use of the business facilities is contingent upon compensation to the owner of the business facilities and the person receives no compensation from the owner for the services performed. This exemption does not include services performed by an appraisal practitioner certified or licensed under chapter 18.140 RCW for an employer under chapter 50.44 RCW.
[ 1996 c 182 § 14.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1996 c 182: See note following RCW 18.140.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.265 - Employment—Indian tribes.

RCW 50.04.265
Employment—Indian tribes.
The term "employment" includes services performed in the employ of an Indian tribe as provided in RCW 50.50.010.
[ 2001 1st sp.s. c 11 § 2.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—Retroactive application—2001 1st sp.s. c 11: See RCW 50.50.900 through 50.50.903.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.270 - Employment—Casual labor.

RCW 50.04.270
Employment—Casual labor.
The term "employment" shall not include casual labor not in the course of the employer's trade or business (labor which does not promote or advance the trade or business of the employer). Temporary labor in the usual course of an employer's trade or business or domestic services as defined in RCW 50.04.160 shall not be deemed to be casual labor.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 292 § 7; 1945 c 35 § 28; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-166. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 16; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 292: See note following RCW 50.04.116.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.275 - Employment—Small performing arts.

RCW 50.04.275
Employment—Small performing arts.
The term "employment" shall not include services performed by a person who is participating in a performance sponsored by an employer whose North American industry classification system code is within "711110," "711120," "711130," or "712110," so long as the person receives no remuneration other than a nominal stipend and the employer does not have more than three individuals in its employ during any portion of a day during the calendar year.
For purposes of this section, "stipend" means a fixed sum of money paid periodically to defray expenses. The stipend is presumed to defray the person's incidental expenses involved in participating in the performance, including, but not limited to, meals, transportation, lodging, costumes, supplies, and child care.
[ 2007 c 366 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.280 - Employment—"Pay period" determination.

RCW 50.04.280
Employment—"Pay period" determination.
If the services performed during one-half or more of any pay period by an individual for an employing unit constitute employment, all of the services of such individual for such period shall be deemed to be employment, but if the services performed during more than one-half of any such pay period by an individual for an employing unit do not constitute employment, then none of the services of such individual on behalf of such employing unit for such period shall be deemed to be employment. As used in this paragraph, the term "pay period" means a period of not more than thirty-one consecutive days for which a payment of remuneration is ordinarily made to an individual by the employing unit.
[ 1945 c 35 § 29; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-167. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 16; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.290 - Employment office.

RCW 50.04.290
Employment office.
"Employment office" means a free public employment office, or branch thereof, operated by this or any other state as a part of a state controlled system of public employment offices, or by a federal agency or any agency of a foreign government charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation program or free public employment offices. All claims for unemployment compensation benefits, registrations for employment, and all job or placement referrals received or made by any of the employment offices as above defined and pursuant to regulation of the commissioner subsequent to December 31, 1941, are hereby declared in all respects to be valid. The commissioner is authorized to make such investigation, secure and transmit such information, make available such services and facilities and exercise such of the other powers provided herein with respect to the administration of this title as he or she deems necessary or appropriate to facilitate the administration of any state or federal unemployment compensation or public employment service law and in like manner to accept and utilize information, services, and facilities made available to the state by the agency charged with the administration of any such unemployment compensation or public employment service law. Any such action taken by the commissioner subsequent to December 31, 1941, is hereby declared to be in all respects valid.
[ 2010 c 8 § 13005; 1945 c 35 § 30; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-168. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.295 - Payments in lieu of contributions.

RCW 50.04.295
Payments in lieu of contributions.
"Payments in lieu of contributions" means money payments due to the state unemployment compensation fund as provided in RCW 50.44.060.
[ 1971 c 3 § 2.]
NOTES:
Construction—Compliance with federal act—1971 c 3: See RCW 50.44.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.299 - Public health emergency.

RCW 50.04.299
Public health emergency.
"Public health emergency" means a declaration or order that covers the jurisdiction where the unemployed individual was working on the date the individual became unemployed concerning any dangerous, contagious, or infectious diseases, including a pandemic, and is issued as follows:
(1) The president of the United States has declared a national or regional emergency;
(2) The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency under RCW 43.06.010(12); or
(3) The governor or state executive of another state where the unemployed individual was working at the time of the declaration declared a state of emergency.
[ 2021 c 2 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2021 c 2: See notes following RCW 50.04.323.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.300 - State.

RCW 50.04.300
State.
"State" includes, in addition to the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 292 § 8; 1971 c 3 § 10; 1945 c 35 § 31; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-169. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 16; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 292: See note following RCW 50.04.116.
Construction—Compliance with federal act—1971 c 3: See RCW 50.44.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.315 - Vulnerable adult.

RCW 50.04.315
Vulnerable adult.
"Vulnerable adult" has the same meaning as in RCW 74.34.020.
[ 2023 c 240 § 1.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—2023 c 240: See note following RCW 50.20.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.335 - Wages, remuneration—Stock transfers excepted.

RCW 50.04.335
Wages, remuneration—Stock transfers excepted.
After December 31, 2003, for the purpose of the payment of contributions, the term "wages" does not include an employee's income attributable to the transfer of shares of stock to the employee pursuant to his or her exercise of a stock option granted for any reason connected with his or her employment.
[ 2006 c 13 § 17. Prior: 2003 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 2.]
NOTES:
Retroactive application—2006 c 13 §§ 8-22: See note following RCW 50.04.293.
Conflict with federal requirements—Part headings not law—Severability—2006 c 13: See notes following RCW 50.20.120.
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—2003 2nd sp.s. c 4: See notes following RCW 50.01.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.340 - Wages, remuneration—Death benefits excepted.

RCW 50.04.340
Wages, remuneration—Death benefits excepted.
Prior to January 1, 1951, the term "wages" shall not include the amount of any payment by an employing unit for or on behalf of an individual in its employ under a plan or system established by such employing unit which makes provision for individuals in its employ generally, or for a class or classes of such individuals (including any amount paid by an employing unit for insurance or annuities or into a fund to provide for any payment) on account of death, provided the individual in its employ
(1) has not the option to receive instead of provisions for such death benefits, any part of such payment, or, if such death benefit is insured, any part of the premium (or contributions to premiums) paid by his or her employing unit; and
(2) has not the right under the provisions of the plan or system or policy of insurance providing for such death benefits to assign such benefits or to receive a cash consideration in lieu of such benefits, either upon his or her withdrawal from the plan or system providing for such benefits or upon termination of such plan or system or policy of insurance or of his or her services with such employing unit.
[ 2010 c 8 § 13008; 1951 c 265 § 5; 1949 c 214 § 6; 1945 c 35 § 35; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9998-173. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14.]
NOTES:
Severability—1951 c 265: See note following RCW 50.98.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.350 - Wages, remuneration—Excepted payments.

RCW 50.04.350
Wages, remuneration—Excepted payments.
The term "wages" shall not include the payment by an employing unit (without deduction from the remuneration of the individual in its employ) of the tax imposed upon an individual in employment under section 1400 of the federal internal revenue code, as amended, or any amount paid to a person in the military service for any pay period during which he or she performs no service for the employer: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That prior to January 1, 1952, the term "wages" shall not include dismissal payments which an employing unit is not legally required to make.
[ 2010 c 8 § 13009; 1951 c 265 § 2; 1945 c 35 § 36; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-174. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14.]
NOTES:
Severability—1951 c 265: See note following RCW 50.98.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.360 - Week.

RCW 50.04.360
Week.
"Week" means any period of seven consecutive calendar days ending at midnight as the commissioner may by regulation prescribe.
[ 1945 c 35 § 37; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-175. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 16; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.370 - Services performed by a driver facilitated by a transportation network company.

RCW 50.04.370
Services performed by a driver facilitated by a transportation network company.
(1) Notwithstanding RCW 50.04.140, services performed by a driver that are facilitated through a digital network are subject to this title. Except as otherwise provided in rules adopted by the department, the laws and rules that apply under this title to a relationship meeting the requirements of RCW 50.04.100 also apply to the relationship between a driver and a transportation network company.
(2) This section must not be interpreted as:
(a) Amending the definitions and exceptions in RCW 50.04.100 or 50.04.140; or
(b) Limiting the scope of coverage under this title as to any other employment relationship.
(3) For purposes of this section, the definitions in this subsection apply unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Digital network" has the meaning provided in RCW 49.46.300.
(b) "Driver" has the meaning provided in RCW 49.46.300.
(c) "Transportation network company" has the meaning provided in RCW 49.46.300.
[ 2023 c 451 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.04 - Definitions. › 50.04.900 - Construction—Title applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 50.04.900
Construction—Title applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this title, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 137.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.06 - Temporary Total Disability. › 50.06.020 - Allowable beneficiaries.

RCW 50.06.020
Allowable beneficiaries.
The benefits of this chapter shall be allowed only to:
(1) Individuals who have suffered a temporary total disability and have received compensation under the industrial insurance or crime victims compensation laws of this state, any other state or the United States for a period of not less than thirteen consecutive calendar weeks by reason of such temporary total disability; or
(2) Individuals who are reentering the workforce after an absence of not less than thirteen consecutive calendar weeks resulting from temporary total physical disability because of a nonwork-related injury or illness: PROVIDED, That individuals authorized to receive benefits under this subsection are required to meet other eligibility requirements under Title 50 RCW.
[ 1993 c 483 § 4; 1984 c 65 § 2; 1975 1st ex.s. c 228 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective dates, applicability—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1993 c 483: See notes following RCW 50.04.293.
Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 228: See note following RCW 50.04.355.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.06 - Temporary Total Disability. › 50.06.040 - Laws and regulations governing amounts payable and right to benefits.

RCW 50.06.040
Laws and regulations governing amounts payable and right to benefits.
The individual's weekly benefit amount and maximum amount payable during the special benefit year shall be governed by the provision contained in RCW 50.20.120. The individual's basic and continuing right to benefits shall be governed by the general laws and regulations relating to the payment of unemployment compensation benefits to the extent that they are not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 228 § 10.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 228: See note following RCW 50.04.355.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.06 - Temporary Total Disability. › 50.06.050 - Use of wages and time worked for prior claims—Effect.

RCW 50.06.050
Use of wages and time worked for prior claims—Effect.
The fact that wages, hours or weeks worked during the special base year may have been used in the computation of a prior valid claim for unemployment compensation shall not affect a claim for benefits made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; however, wages, hours and weeks worked used in computing entitlement on a claim filed pursuant to this chapter shall not be available or used for establishing entitlement or amount of benefits in any succeeding benefit year.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 228 § 11.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 228: See note following RCW 50.04.355.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.06 - Temporary Total Disability. › 50.06.900 - Application of chapter—Recipients of industrial insurance or crime victims compensation.

RCW 50.06.900
Application of chapter—Recipients of industrial insurance or crime victims compensation.
(1) This chapter shall be available to individuals who suffer a temporary total disability, compensable by an industrial insurance program, after June 29, 1975.
(2) This chapter shall also be available to individuals who suffer a temporary total disability compensable under crime victims compensation laws, after June 7, 1984.
[ 1984 c 65 § 4; 1975 1st ex.s. c 228 § 12.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 228: See note following RCW 50.04.355.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.06 - Temporary Total Disability. › 50.06.910 - Partial invalidity of chapter.

RCW 50.06.910
Partial invalidity of chapter.
Should any part of this chapter be declared unconstitutional by the final decision of any court or declared out of conformity by the United States secretary of labor, the commissioner shall immediately discontinue the payment of benefits based on this chapter, declare it inoperative and report that fact to the governor and the legislature.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 228 § 13.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 228: See note following RCW 50.04.355.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.08 - Establishment of Department. › 50.08.010 - Employment security department established.

RCW 50.08.010
Employment security department established.
There is established the employment security department for the state, to be administered by a commissioner. The commissioner shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, and shall hold office at the pleasure of, and receive such compensation for his or her services as may be fixed by, the governor.
[ 2010 c 8 § 13011; 1953 ex.s. c 8 § 3; 1947 c 215 § 8; 1945 c 35 § 38; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9998-176. Prior: 1939 c 12 § 1; 1937 c 162 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.08 - Establishment of Department. › 50.08.020 - Divisions established.

RCW 50.08.020
Divisions established.
There are hereby established in the employment security department two coordinate divisions to be known as the unemployment compensation division, and the Washington state employment service division, each of which shall be administered by a full time salaried supervisor who shall be an assistant to the commissioner and shall be appointed by him or her. Each division shall be responsible to the commissioner for the dispatch of its distinctive functions. Each division shall be a separate administrative unit with respect to personnel, budget, and duties, except insofar as the commissioner may find that such separation is impracticable.
It is hereby further provided that the governor in his or her discretion may delegate any or all of the organization, administration, and functions of the said Washington state employment service division to any federal agency.
[ 2010 c 8 § 13012; 1973 1st ex.s. c 158 § 1; 1947 c 215 § 9; 1945 c 35 § 39; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9998-177. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 9; 1939 c 214 § 7; 1937 c 162 § 9.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1973 1st ex.s. c 158: "This 1973 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect on July 1, 1973." [ 1973 1st ex.s. c 158 § 21.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.08 - Establishment of Department. › 50.08.030 - Administration of family services and programs.

RCW 50.08.030
Administration of family services and programs.
The commissioner shall administer family services and programs to promote the state's policy as provided in RCW 74.14A.025.
[ 1992 c 198 § 10.]