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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.13 - Records and Information—Privacy and Confidentiality. › 50.13.080 - Disclosure of records or information to private persons or organizations contracting to assist in operation and management of department—Penalties.

RCW 50.13.080
Disclosure of records or information to private persons or organizations contracting to assist in operation and management of department—Penalties.
(1) The employment security department shall have the right to disclose information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter to any private person or organization when such disclosure is necessary to permit private contracting parties to assist in the operation and management of the employment security department in instances where certain employment security departmental functions may be delegated to private parties to increase the employment security department's efficiency or quality of service to the public. The private persons or organizations shall use the information or records solely for the purpose for which the information was disclosed and shall be bound by the same rules of privacy and confidentiality as employment security department employees.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or restricting the effect of RCW 42.56.070(8).
[ 2019 c 81 § 6; 2005 c 274 § 323; 1996 c 79 § 2; 1977 ex.s. c 153 § 8.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—1996 c 79: See notes following RCW 50.13.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.13 - Records and Information—Privacy and Confidentiality. › 50.13.090 - Disclosure of records or information to contracting governmental or private organizations.

RCW 50.13.090
Disclosure of records or information to contracting governmental or private organizations.
Where the employment security department contracts to provide services to other governmental or private organizations, the department may disclose to those organizations information or records deemed private and confidential which have been acquired in the performance of the department's obligations under the contracts.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 153 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.13 - Records and Information—Privacy and Confidentiality. › 50.13.100 - Disclosure of records or information where identifying details deleted or individual or employing unit consents.

RCW 50.13.100
Disclosure of records or information where identifying details deleted or individual or employing unit consents.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the disclosure of information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter if all details identifying an individual or employing unit are deleted so long as the information or records cannot be foreseeably combined with other publicly available information to reveal the identity of an individual or employing unit or the individual or employing unit consents to the disclosure in a manner prescribed by the employment security department.
[ 2019 c 81 § 7; 1977 ex.s. c 153 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.13 - Records and Information—Privacy and Confidentiality. › 50.13.110 - Disclosure of confidential information—Duty to prevent—Prohibition—Penalties—Exemptions.

RCW 50.13.110
Disclosure of confidential information—Duty to prevent—Prohibition—Penalties—Exemptions.
(1) All private persons, governmental agencies, and organizations authorized to receive information from the employment security department under this chapter have an affirmative obligation to take all reasonable actions necessary that are designed to prevent the disclosure of confidential information.
(2) The disclosure of any records or information by a private person, governmental agency, or organization that obtained the records or information from the employment security department under this chapter is prohibited unless expressly permitted by this chapter.
(3) If misuse or an unauthorized disclosure of confidential records or information occurs, all parties aware of the violation must inform the employment security department immediately and take all reasonably available actions to rectify the disclosure to the employment security department's standards.
(4) The misuse or unauthorized disclosure of records or information deemed private and confidential under this chapter by any private person, governmental agency, or organization to which access is permitted by this chapter shall subject the person, governmental agency, or organization to a civil penalty of up to twenty thousand dollars in 2018 and annually adjusted by the employment security department on the first calendar day of each year based on changes in the United States consumer price index for all urban consumers. Other applicable sanctions under state and federal law also apply. The amount of any penalties collected shall be paid into the employment security department administrative contingency fund. The attorney general may recover reasonable attorneys' fees for any action brought to enforce this section.
(5) Any redisclosure of information obtained under this chapter by a private person, governmental agency, or organization must be expressly permitted by the employment security department prior to redisclosure. Failure to obtain prior approval by the employment security department could subject the private person, governmental agency, or organization to the penalties described in subsection (4) of this section.
(6) State and local governmental agencies and federally recognized Indian tribes as defined in Title 26 U.S.C. Sec. 3306(u) of the federal unemployment tax act are exempt from the penalties described in subsection (4) of this section if the redisclosure is necessary for the state, local, or tribal government to conduct a criminal prosecution.
[ 2019 c 81 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.13 - Records and Information—Privacy and Confidentiality. › 50.13.120 - Administration and oversight of this chapter—Agency privacy officer—Report to governor and legislature.

RCW 50.13.120
Administration and oversight of this chapter—Agency privacy officer—Report to governor and legislature.
(1) The employment security department shall designate an agency privacy officer to oversee the administration of this chapter and chapter 50A.25 RCW. In coordination with the state office of privacy and data protection, the agency privacy officer must:
(a) Develop an agency personal information minimization policy to reduce the use and retention of personal information wherever possible;
(b) Create a work plan that includes the estimated costs of execution for the following:
(i) An inventory of all personal information prepared, owned, used, or retained by the employment security department, that would include the specific type of information, the purpose for its collection, and the extent to which the information is protected from unauthorized access; and
(ii) A map of the physical or digital location of all personal information collected by the employment security department, indexed to the inventory created in (b)(i) of this subsection; and
(c) Report the work plan created under (b) of this subsection to the state office of privacy and data protection annually.
(2) Any inventory or data map records created under subsection (1)(b) of this section that reveal the location of personal information or the extent to which it is protected may not be disclosed under the public records act, chapter 42.56 RCW.
(3) On December 1st of each odd-numbered year, the employment security department must report to the governor and the legislature on the implementation and maintenance of this section, including best practices and recommendations for developing and implementing the employment security department's policy and plan under this section.
(4) For purposes of this section, "personal information" means any information obtained by the employment security department deemed private and confidential under this chapter and chapter 50A.25 RCW.
[ 2019 c 81 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.13 - Records and Information—Privacy and Confidentiality. › 50.13.130 - Application to information obtained by the employment security department under Title 50A RCW.

RCW 50.13.130
Application to information obtained by the employment security department under Title 50A RCW.
Except for RCW 50.13.120, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to information obtained by the employment security department under Title 50A RCW.
[ 2019 c 81 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.13 - Records and Information—Privacy and Confidentiality. › 50.13.900 - Construction.

RCW 50.13.900
Construction.
Any ambiguities in this chapter shall be construed in a manner consistent with federal laws applying to the employment security department. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof is held invalid by a final decision of any court or declared by the secretary of the department of labor of the United States to be inconsistent with federal laws upon which funding of the employment security department is contingent, the invalid or inconsistent provision shall be ineffective only to the extent necessary to insure compliance with the court decision or federal determination and the remainder of the chapter shall be given full effect.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 153 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.16 - Funds. › 50.16.040 - Management of funds upon discontinuance of federal unemployment trust fund.

RCW 50.16.040
Management of funds upon discontinuance of federal unemployment trust fund.
The provisions of this title, to the extent that they relate to the unemployment trust fund, shall be operative only so long as such unemployment trust fund continues to exist and so long as the secretary of the treasury of the United States of America continues to maintain for this state a separate book account of all funds deposited therein for this state for benefit purposes, together with this state's proportionate share of the earnings of such unemployment trust fund, from which no other state is permitted to make withdrawals. If and when such unemployment trust fund ceases to exist, or such separate book account is no longer maintained, all moneys, properties or securities therein, belonging to the unemployment compensation fund of this state shall be transferred to the treasurer of the unemployment compensation fund, who shall hold, invest, transfer, sell, deposit, and release such moneys, properties, or securities in a manner approved by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of this title: PROVIDED, That such moneys shall be invested in the following readily marketable classes of securities: Bonds or other interest bearing obligations of the United States of America: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That such investment shall at all times be made so that all the assets of the fund shall always be readily convertible into cash when needed for the payment of benefits. The treasurer shall dispose of securities or other properties belonging to the unemployment compensation fund only under the direction of the commissioner.
[ 1945 c 35 § 63; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-201. Prior: 1941 c 253 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.16 - Funds. › 50.16.050 - Unemployment compensation administration fund.

RCW 50.16.050
Unemployment compensation administration fund.
(1) There is hereby established a fund to be known as the unemployment compensation administration fund. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all moneys which are deposited or paid into this fund are hereby made available to the commissioner. All moneys in this fund shall be expended solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of the administration of this title, and for no other purpose whatsoever. All moneys received from the United States of America, or any agency thereof, for said purpose pursuant to section 302 of the social security act, as amended, shall be expended solely for the purposes and in the amounts found necessary by the secretary of labor for the proper and efficient administration of this title. All moneys received from the United States employment service, United States department of labor, for said purpose pursuant to the act of congress approved June 6, 1933, as amended or supplemented by any other act of congress, shall be expended solely for the purposes and in the amounts found necessary by the secretary of labor for the proper and efficient administration of the public employment office system of this state. The unemployment compensation administration fund shall consist of all moneys received from the United States of America or any department or agency thereof, or from any other source, for such purpose. All moneys in this fund shall be deposited, administered, and disbursed by the treasurer of the unemployment compensation fund under rules and regulations of the commissioner and none of the provisions of RCW 43.01.050 shall be applicable to this fund. The treasurer last named shall be the treasurer of the unemployment compensation administration fund and shall give a bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties in connection with that fund. All sums recovered on the official bond for losses sustained by the unemployment compensation administration fund shall be deposited in said fund.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this section:
(a) All money requisitioned and deposited in this fund pursuant to RCW 50.16.030(6) shall remain part of the unemployment compensation fund and shall be used only in accordance with the conditions specified in RCW 50.16.030 (4), (5) and (6).
(b) All money deposited in this fund pursuant to RCW 50.38.065 shall be used only after appropriation and only for the purposes of RCW 50.38.060.
[ 2010 c 8 § 13020; 1993 c 62 § 8; 1959 c 170 § 3; 1947 c 215 § 13; 1945 c 35 § 64; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 9998-202. Prior: 1941 c 253 § 7; 1939 c 214 § 11; 1937 c 162 § 13.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—1993 c 62: See RCW 50.38.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.16 - Funds. › 50.16.060 - Replacement of federal funds.

RCW 50.16.060
Replacement of federal funds.
The state of Washington hereby pledges that it will replace within a reasonable time any moneys paid to this state under Title III of the social security act, and the Wagner-Peyser act, which, because of any action or contingency, have been lost or have been expended for purposes other than, or in amounts in excess of, those found necessary by the secretary of labor for the proper administration of the Washington employment security act.
[ 1959 c 170 § 4; 1945 c 35 § 67; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-205.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.16 - Funds. › 50.16.070 - Federal interest payment fund—Employer contributions—When payable—Maximum rate—Deduction from remuneration unlawful.

RCW 50.16.070
Federal interest payment fund—Employer contributions—When payable—Maximum rate—Deduction from remuneration unlawful.
The federal interest payment fund shall consist of contributions payable by each employer (except employers as described in RCW 50.44.010 and 50.44.030 who have properly elected to make payments in lieu of contributions, employers who are required to make payments in lieu of contributions, and employers paying contributions under RCW 50.44.035) for any calendar quarter which begins on or after January 1, 1984, and for which the commissioner determines that the department will have an outstanding balance of accruing federal interest at the end of the calendar quarter. The amount of wages subject to tax shall be determined according to RCW 50.24.010. The tax rate applicable to wages paid during the calendar quarter shall be determined by the commissioner and shall not exceed fifteen one-hundredths of one percent. In determining whether to require contributions as authorized by this section, the commissioner shall consider the current balance in the federal interest payment fund and the projected amount of interest which will be due and payable as of the following September 30. Except as appropriated for the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 1991, any excess moneys in the federal interest payment fund shall be retained in the fund for future interest payments.
Contributions under this section shall become due and be paid by each employer in accordance with such rules as the commissioner may prescribe and shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the remuneration of individuals in the employ of the employer. Any deduction in violation of this section is unlawful.
In the payment of any contributions under this section, a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent or more, in which case it shall be increased to one cent.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 19 § 811; 1988 c 289 § 710; 1983 1st ex.s. c 13 § 7.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 19: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1989 1st ex.s. c 19 § 817.]
Effective date—1989 1st ex.s. c 19: "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 shall take effect July 1, 1989." [ 1989 1st ex.s. c 19 § 818.]
Severability—1988 c 289: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1988 c 289 § 803.]
Conflict with federal requirements—1983 1st ex.s. c 13: See note following RCW 50.16.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.16 - Funds. › 50.16.100 - COVID-19 unemployment account.

RCW 50.16.100
COVID-19 unemployment account.
(1) The COVID-19 unemployment account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Revenues to the account shall consist of appropriations and transfers by the legislature and all other funding directed for deposit into the account. Only the commissioner of the employment security department or the commissioner's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for reimbursing the unemployment trust fund account for unemployment benefits paid to the approved employees of employers approved for such reimbursement pursuant to *RCW 50.29.100. The account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
(2) Any federal funding or relief for novel coronavirus that could be used for the purposes of *RCW 50.29.100 must be used first before spending from the account. Additionally, if the employment security department subsequently receives reimbursements from federal sources for amounts spent from the account, the department must remit the federal funding to the state treasurer for reimbursement to the budget stabilization account. If federal law or rules would prevent such remittance, the department must notify the office of financial management and the fiscal committees of the legislature within thirty days of receipt of the reimbursement.
(3) By July 1, 2021, the commissioner must certify to the state treasurer the amount of any unobligated moneys in the COVID-19 unemployment account that are attributable to the budget stabilization account appropriation in section 3, chapter 7, Laws of 2020, and the treasurer must transfer those moneys back to the budget stabilization account.
[ 2020 c 7 § 4.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 50.29.100 expired July 30, 2021.
Conflict with federal requirements—2020 c 7: "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 inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict, and the finding or determination does not affect the operation of the remainder of this act. Rules adopted under this act must 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." [ 2020 c 7 § 9.]
Effective date—2020 c 7: "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 immediately [March 17, 2020]." [ 2020 c 7 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.011 - Profiling system to identify individuals likely to exhaust benefits—Confidentiality of information—Penalty.

RCW 50.20.011
Profiling system to identify individuals likely to exhaust benefits—Confidentiality of information—Penalty.
(1) The commissioner shall establish and use a profiling system for new claimants for regular compensation under this title that identifies permanently separated workers who are likely to exhaust regular compensation and will need job search assistance services to make a successful transition to new employment. The profiling system shall use a combination of individual characteristics and labor market information to assign each individual a unique probability of benefit exhaustion. Individuals identified as likely to exhaust benefits shall be referred to reemployment services, such as job search assistance services, to the extent such services are available at public expense.
(2) The profiling system shall include collection and review of follow-up information relating to the services received by individuals under this section and the employment outcomes for the individuals following receipt of the services. The information shall be used in making profiling identifications.
(3) In carrying out reviews of individuals receiving services, the department may contract with public or private entities and may disclose information or records necessary to permit contracting entities to assist in the operation and management of department functions. Any information or records disclosed to public or private entities shall be used solely for the purposes for which the information was disclosed and the entity shall be bound by the same rules of privacy and confidentiality as department employees. The misuse or unauthorized disclosure of information or records deemed private and confidential under chapter 50.13 RCW by any person or organization to which access is permitted by this section shall subject the person or organization to a civil penalty of five thousand dollars and other applicable sanctions under state and federal law. Suit to enforce this section shall be brought by the attorney general and the amount of any penalties collected shall be paid into the employment security department administrative contingency fund. The attorney general may recover reasonable attorneys' fees for any action brought to enforce this section.
[ 1995 c 381 § 2.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—1995 c 381: See notes following RCW 50.20.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.012 - Rules—1995 c 381.

RCW 50.20.012
Rules—1995 c 381.
The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement the 1995 c 381 §§ 1 and *3 amendments to RCW 50.20.010 and 50.20.043 and 50.20.011, including but not limited to definitions, eligibility standards, program review criteria and procedures, and provisions necessary to comply with applicable federal laws and regulations that are a condition to receipt of federal funds by the state or the granting of federal unemployment tax credits to employers in this state.
[ 1995 c 381 § 4.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: Section 3 of this act (amendment to RCW 50.20.043) was vetoed by the governor.
Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—1995 c 381: See notes following RCW 50.20.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.020 - Waiting period credit limitation.

RCW 50.20.020
Waiting period credit limitation.
(1) No week shall be counted as a waiting period week if benefits have been paid for that week, the individual was otherwise eligible for benefits, and it occurs within the benefit year which includes the week with respect to which the individual claims payment of benefits.
(2) If RCW 50.20.010(1)(d) is waived, subsection (1) of this section is waived.
[ 2021 c 2 § 9; 2010 c 8 § 13021; 1949 c 214 § 10; 1945 c 35 § 69; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9998-207.]
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 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.041 - Health care professionals who have contracted hepatitis C—Training.

RCW 50.20.041
Health care professionals who have contracted hepatitis C—Training.
(1) Credentialed health care professionals listed in RCW 18.130.040 shall be deemed to be dislocated workers for the purpose of commissioner approval of training under RCW 50.20.043 if they are unemployed as a result of contracting hepatitis C in the course of employment and are unable to continue to work in their profession because of a significant risk that such work would pose to other persons and that risk cannot be eliminated.
(2) For purposes of subsection (1) of this section, a health care professional who was employed on a full-time basis in their profession shall be presumed to have contracted hepatitis C in the course of employment. This presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence that demonstrates that the health care professional contracted hepatitis C as a result of activities or circumstances not related to employment.
[ 2003 c 273 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.042 - Unemployed aerospace workers—Training.

RCW 50.20.042
Unemployed aerospace workers—Training.
Aerospace workers unemployed as the result of downsizing and restructuring of the aerospace industry will be deemed to be dislocated workers for the purpose of commissioner approval of training under RCW 50.20.043.
[ 1993 c 226 § 7.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Application—1993 c 226: See notes following RCW 50.16.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.043 - Training provision.

RCW 50.20.043
Training provision.
No otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week because the individual is in training with the approval of the commissioner, nor shall such individual be denied benefits with respect to any week in which the individual is satisfactorily progressing in a training program with the approval of the commissioner by reason of the application of RCW 50.20.010(1)(c), 50.20.080, or 50.22.020(1) relating to availability for work and active search for work, or failure to apply for or refusal to accept suitable work.
An individual who the commissioner determines to be a dislocated worker as defined by RCW 50.04.075 and who is satisfactorily progressing in a training program approved by the commissioner shall be considered to be in training with the approval of the commissioner.
[ 2003 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 30; 1985 c 40 § 1; 1984 c 181 § 2; 1971 c 3 § 12.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—2003 2nd sp.s. c 4: See notes following RCW 50.01.010.
Conflict with federal requirements—1985 c 40: "If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements which 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 which 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." [ 1985 c 40 § 2.]
Severability—1985 c 40: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1985 c 40 § 3.]
Effective date—1985 c 40: "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 40 § 4.]
Construction—Compliance with federal act—1971 c 3: See RCW 50.44.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.044 - Ineligibility for benefits for failure to attend job search workshop or training course.

RCW 50.20.044
Ineligibility for benefits for failure to attend job search workshop or training course.
If an otherwise eligible individual fails without good cause, as determined by the commissioner under rules prescribed by the commissioner, to attend a job search workshop or a training or retraining course when directed by the department and such workshop or course is available at public expense, such individual shall not be eligible for benefits with respect to any week in which such failure occurred.
[ 1984 c 205 § 8.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective dates—1984 c 205: See notes following RCW 50.20.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.060 - Disqualification from benefits due to misconduct.

RCW 50.20.060
Disqualification from benefits due to misconduct.
With respect to claims that have an effective date before January 4, 2004, an individual shall be disqualified from benefits beginning with the first day of the calendar week in which he or she has been discharged or suspended for misconduct connected with his or her work and thereafter for seven calendar weeks and until he or she has obtained bona fide work in employment covered by this title and earned wages in that employment equal to seven times his or her weekly benefit amount. Alcoholism shall not constitute a defense to disqualification from benefits due to misconduct.
[ 2006 c 13 § 11. Prior: 2003 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 7; 2000 c 2 § 13; 1993 c 483 § 9; 1982 1st ex.s. c 18 § 16; 1977 ex.s. c 33 § 5; 1970 ex.s. c 2 § 22; 1953 ex.s. c 8 § 9; 1951 c 215 § 13; 1949 c 214 § 13; 1947 c 215 § 16; 1945 c 35 § 74; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9998-212; prior: 1943 c 127 § 3; 1941 c 253 § 3; 1939 c 214 § 3; 1937 c 162 § 5.]
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.
Application—2000 c 2 §§ 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, and 12-15: See note following RCW 50.22.150.
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—2000 c 2: See notes following RCW 50.04.355.
Effective dates, applicability—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1993 c 483: See notes following RCW 50.04.293.
Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1982 1st ex.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 50.12.200.
Effective dates—Construction—1977 ex.s. c 33: See notes following RCW 50.04.030.
Effective date—1970 ex.s. c 2: See note following RCW 50.04.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.065 - Cancellation of hourly wage credits due to felony or gross misdemeanor.

RCW 50.20.065
Cancellation of hourly wage credits due to felony or gross misdemeanor.
With respect to claims that have an effective date before January 4, 2004:
(1) An individual who has been discharged from his or her work because of a felony or gross misdemeanor of which he or she has been convicted, or has admitted committing to a competent authority, and that is connected with his or her work shall have all hourly wage credits based on that employment canceled.
(2) The employer shall notify the department of such an admission or conviction, not later than six months following the admission or conviction.
(3) The claimant shall disclose any conviction of the claimant of a work-connected felony or gross misdemeanor occurring in the previous two years to the department at the time of application for benefits.
(4) All benefits that are paid in error based on wage/hour credits that should have been removed from the claimant's base year are recoverable, notwithstanding RCW 50.20.190 or 50.24.020 or any other provisions of this title.
[ 2006 c 13 § 12. Prior: 2003 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 8; 1993 c 483 § 11.]
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.
Effective dates, applicability—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1993 c 483: See notes following RCW 50.04.293.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.066 - Disqualification from benefits due to misconduct—Cancellation of hourly wage credits due to gross misconduct.

RCW 50.20.066
Disqualification from benefits due to misconduct—Cancellation of hourly wage credits due to gross misconduct.
With respect to claims that have an effective date on or after January 4, 2004:
(1) An individual shall be disqualified from benefits beginning with the first day of the calendar week in which he or she has been discharged or suspended for misconduct connected with his or her work and thereafter for ten calendar weeks and until he or she has obtained bona fide work in employment covered by this title and earned wages in that employment equal to ten times his or her weekly benefit amount. Alcoholism shall not constitute a defense to disqualification from benefits due to misconduct.
(2) An individual who has been discharged from his or her work because of gross misconduct shall have all hourly wage credits based on that employment or six hundred eighty hours of wage credits, whichever is greater, canceled.
(3) The employer shall notify the department of a felony or gross misdemeanor of which an individual has been convicted, or has admitted committing to a competent authority, not later than six months following the admission or conviction.
(4) The claimant shall disclose any conviction of the claimant of a work-connected felony or gross misdemeanor occurring in the previous two years to the department at the time of application for benefits.
(5) All benefits that are paid in error based on this section are recoverable, notwithstanding RCW 50.20.190 or 50.24.020 or any other provisions of this title.
[ 2006 c 13 § 13. Prior: 2003 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 9.]
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 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.080 - Disqualification for refusal to work.

RCW 50.20.080
Disqualification for refusal to work.
An individual is disqualified for benefits, if the commissioner finds that the individual has failed without good cause, either to apply for available, suitable work when so directed by the employment office or the commissioner, or to accept suitable work when offered the individual, or to return to his or her customary self-employment (if any) when so directed by the commissioner. Such disqualification shall begin with the week of the refusal and thereafter for seven calendar weeks and continue until the individual has obtained bona fide work in employment covered by this title and earned wages in that employment of not less than seven times his or her suspended weekly benefit amount.
[ 2000 c 2 § 14; 1993 c 483 § 10; 1959 c 321 § 1; 1953 ex.s. c 8 § 11; 1951 c 215 § 14; 1949 c 214 § 15; 1945 c 35 § 76; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 9998-214. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 3; 1941 c 253 § 3; 1939 c 214 § 3; 1937 c 162 § 5.]
NOTES:
Application—2000 c 2 §§ 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, and 12-15: See note following RCW 50.22.150.
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—2000 c 2: See notes following RCW 50.04.355.
Effective dates, applicability—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1993 c 483: See notes following RCW 50.04.293.
Effective date—1959 c 321: "This act shall take effect on July 5, 1959." [ 1959 c 321 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.085 - Disqualification for receipt of industrial insurance disability benefits.

RCW 50.20.085
Disqualification for receipt of industrial insurance disability benefits.
An individual is disqualified from benefits with respect to any day or days for which he or she is receiving, has received, or will receive compensation under RCW 51.32.060 or 51.32.090.
[ 1991 c 117 § 2; 1986 c 75 § 1.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective dates—1991 c 117: See notes following RCW 50.04.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.095 - Disqualification for attending school or institution of higher education.

RCW 50.20.095
Disqualification for attending school or institution of higher education.
Any individual registered at an established school in a course of study providing scholastic instruction of twelve or more hours per week, or the equivalent thereof, shall be disqualified from receiving benefits or waiting period credit for any week during the school term commencing with the first week of such scholastic instruction or the week of leaving employment to return to school, whichever is the earlier, and ending with the week immediately before the first full week in which the individual is no longer registered for twelve or more hours of scholastic instruction per week: PROVIDED, That registration for less than twelve hours will be for a period of sixty days or longer. The term "school" includes primary schools, secondary schools, and "institutions of higher education" as that phrase is defined in RCW 50.44.037.
This disqualification shall not apply to any individual who:
(1) Is in approved training within the meaning of RCW 50.20.043;
(2) Is in an approved self-employment assistance program under RCW 50.20.250; or
(3) Demonstrates to the commissioner by a preponderance of the evidence his or her actual availability for work, and in arriving at this determination the commissioner shall consider the following factors:
(a) Prior work history;
(b) Scholastic history;
(c) Past and current labor market attachment; and
(d) Past and present efforts to seek work.
[ 2007 c 248 § 2; 1980 c 74 § 4; 1977 ex.s. c 33 § 8.]
NOTES:
Report to legislature—Effective date—Implementation—2007 c 248: See notes following RCW 50.20.250.
Severability—1980 c 74: See note following RCW 50.04.323.
Effective dates—Construction—1977 ex.s. c 33: See notes following RCW 50.04.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.098 - Services performed by alien.

RCW 50.20.098
Services performed by alien.
(1) Benefits shall not be paid on the basis of services performed by an alien unless the alien is an individual who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence, was lawfully present for purposes of performing such services, or otherwise was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time such services were performed, including an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a result of the application of the provisions of 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182(d)(5): PROVIDED, That any modifications to 26 U.S.C. Sec. 3304(a)(14) as provided by PL 94-566 which specify other conditions or other effective date than stated herein for the denial of benefits based on services performed by aliens and which modifications are required to be implemented under state law as a condition for full tax credit against the tax imposed by 26 U.S.C. Sec. 3301 shall be deemed applicable under this section.
(2) Any data or information required of individuals applying for benefits to determine whether benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all applicants for benefits.
(3) In the case of an individual whose application for benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that benefits to the individual are not payable because of his or her alien status shall be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence.
[ 1993 c 58 § 2; 1989 c 92 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 292 § 10.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—1993 c 58: See notes following RCW 50.04.165.
Effective dates—1977 ex.s. c 292: See note following RCW 50.04.116.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.099 - Training benefits—Eligibility to work in the United States.

RCW 50.20.099
Training benefits—Eligibility to work in the United States.
(1) To ensure that unemployment insurance benefits are paid in accordance with RCW 50.20.098, the employment security department shall verify that an individual is eligible to work in the United States before the individual receives training benefits under RCW 50.22.150 or 50.22.155.
(2) By July 1, 2002, the employment security department shall:
(a) Develop and implement an effective method for determining, where appropriate, eligibility to work in the United States for individuals applying for unemployment benefits under this title;
(b) Review verification systems developed by federal agencies for verifying a person's eligibility to receive unemployment benefits under this title and evaluate the effectiveness of these systems for use in this state; and
(c) Report its initial findings to the legislature by September 1, 2000, and its final report by July 1, 2002.
(3) Where federal law prohibits the conditioning of unemployment benefits on a verification of an individual's status as a qualified or authorized alien, the requirements of this section shall not apply.
[ 2011 c 4 § 7; 2000 c 2 § 10.]
NOTES:
Contingent effective date—2011 c 4 §§ 7-15: "Sections 7 through 15 of this act take effect July 1, 2012, unless the United States department of labor determines by October 1, 2011, that this act does not meet the requirements of section 2003 of the federal American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 for unemployment insurance modernization incentive funding." [ 2011 c 4 § 24.] The United States department of labor determined that this act meets the requirements of section 2003 of the federal American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009.
Conflict with federal requirements—2011 c 4: See note following RCW 50.29.021.
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—2000 c 2: See notes following RCW 50.04.355.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.100 - Suitable work factors.

RCW 50.20.100
Suitable work factors.
(1) Suitable work for an individual is employment in an occupation in keeping with the individual's prior work experience, education, or training and if the individual has no prior work experience, special education, or training for employment available in the general area, then employment which the individual would have the physical and mental ability to perform. In determining whether work is suitable for an individual, the commissioner shall also consider the degree of risk involved to the individual's health, safety, and morals, the degree of risk to the health of those residing with the individual during a public health emergency, the individual's physical fitness, the individual's length of unemployment and prospects for securing local work in the individual's customary occupation, the distance of the available work from the individual's residence, and such other factors as the commissioner may deem pertinent, including state and national emergencies.
(2) For individuals with base year work experience in agricultural labor, any agricultural labor available from any employer shall be deemed suitable unless it meets conditions in RCW 50.20.110 or the commissioner finds elements of specific work opportunity unsuitable for a particular individual.
(3) For part-time workers as defined in RCW 50.20.119, suitable work includes suitable work under subsection (1) of this section that is for seventeen or fewer hours per week.
(4) For individuals who have qualified for unemployment compensation benefits under *RCW 50.20.050 (1)(b)(iv) or (2)(b)(iv), as applicable, an evaluation of the suitability of the work must consider the individual's need to address the physical, psychological, legal, and other effects of domestic violence or stalking.
[ 2021 c 2 § 11; 2006 c 13 § 14. Prior: 2004 c 110 § 2; 2003 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 13; 2002 c 8 § 2; 1989 c 380 § 80; 1977 ex.s. c 33 § 6; 1973 1st ex.s. c 158 § 6; 1945 c 35 § 78; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-216.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 50.20.050 was amended twice during the 2009 legislative session, changing the subsection numbering.
Intent—Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2021 c 2: See notes following RCW 50.04.323.
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.
Effective date—1989 c 380 §§ 78-81: See note following RCW 50.04.150.
Conflict with federal requirements—1989 c 380: See note following RCW 50.04.150.
Effective dates—Construction—1977 ex.s. c 33: See notes following RCW 50.04.030.
Effective date—1973 1st ex.s. c 158: See note following RCW 50.08.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.20 - Benefits and Claims. › 50.20.110 - Suitable work exceptions.

RCW 50.20.110
Suitable work exceptions.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no work shall be deemed to be suitable and benefits shall not be denied under this title to any otherwise eligible individual for refusing to accept new work under any of the following conditions:
(1) If the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute; or
(2) if the remuneration, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality; or
(3) if as a condition of being employed the individual would be required by the employing unit to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization.
[ 1945 c 35 § 79; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-217.]