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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.50 - Indian Tribes. › 50.50.050 - Notices—Contents.

RCW 50.50.050
Notices—Contents.
Notices of payment and reporting delinquency to Indian tribes or their tribal units must include information that failure to make full payment within the prescribed time frames: (1) Causes the Indian tribe to be liable for taxes under the federal unemployment tax act; (2) causes the Indian tribe to lose the option to make payments in lieu of contributions; and (3) causes the Indian tribe to be excepted from the definition of "employing unit," as provided in RCW 50.04.090, and services in the employ of the Indian tribe, as provided in RCW 50.04.265 and 50.50.010, to be excepted from "employment."
[ 2001 1st sp.s. c 11 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.50 - Indian Tribes. › 50.50.060 - Extended benefits—Financing by Indian tribe.

RCW 50.50.060
Extended benefits—Financing by Indian tribe.
Extended benefits paid that are attributable to service in the employ of an Indian tribe and not reimbursed by the federal government must be financed in their entirety by such Indian tribe.
[ 2001 1st sp.s. c 11 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.50 - Indian Tribes. › 50.50.070 - Indian tribes subject to same terms and conditions as other employers.

RCW 50.50.070
Indian tribes subject to same terms and conditions as other employers.
Unless specifically addressed in this chapter, Indian tribes or their tribal units are subject to the same terms and conditions as are other employers subject to contributions under [RCW] 50.29.021 or other units of government under RCW 50.44.030 that make payments in lieu of contributions.
[ 2020 c 86 § 4; 2001 1st sp.s. c 11 § 9.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—2020 c 86: See note following RCW 50.12.200.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.50 - Indian Tribes. › 50.50.900 - Conflict with federal requirements—2001 1st sp.s. c 11.

RCW 50.50.900
Conflict with federal requirements—2001 1st sp.s. c 11.
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.
[ 2001 1st sp.s. c 11 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.50 - Indian Tribes. › 50.50.902 - Effective date—2001 1st sp.s. c 11.

RCW 50.50.902
Effective date—2001 1st sp.s. c 11.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [June 11, 2001].
[ 2001 1st sp.s. c 11 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.50 - Indian Tribes. › 50.50.903 - Retroactive application—2001 1st sp.s. c 11.

RCW 50.50.903
Retroactive application—2001 1st sp.s. c 11.
This act applies retroactively to services performed on or after December 21, 2000. Indian tribes or tribal units may elect to make payments in lieu of contributions effective December 21, 2000, or a subsequent date.
[ 2001 1st sp.s. c 11 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.010 - Legislative intent.

RCW 50.60.010
Legislative intent.
In order to provide an economic climate conducive to the retention of skilled workers in industries adversely affected by general economic downturns and to supplement depressed buying power of employees affected by such downturns, the legislature finds that the public interest would be served by the enactment of laws providing greater flexibility in the payment of unemployment compensation benefits in situations where qualified employers elect to retain employees at reduced hours rather than instituting layoffs.
[ 1983 c 207 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.020 - Definitions.

RCW 50.60.020
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Affected employee" means a specified employee, hired on a permanent basis, to which an approved shared work compensation plan applies.
(2) "Employers' association" means an association which is a party to a collective bargaining agreement under which there is a shared work compensation plan.
(3) "Shared work benefits" means the benefits payable to an affected employee under an approved shared work compensation plan as distinguished from the benefits otherwise payable under this title.
(4) "Shared work compensation plan" means a plan of an employer, or of an employers' association, under which there is a reduction in the number of hours worked by employees rather than layoffs.
(5) "Shared work employer" means an employer, who has at least two employees, and at least two employees are covered by a shared work compensation plan.
(6) "Unemployment compensation" means the benefits payable under this title other than shared work benefits and includes any amounts payable pursuant to an agreement under federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment.
(7) "Usual weekly hours of work" means the regular number of hours of work before the hours were reduced, not to exceed forty hours and not including overtime.
[ 2021 c 2 § 23; 2013 c 79 § 1. Prior: 2009 c 3 § 7; 1983 c 207 § 2.]
NOTES:
Intent—Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2021 c 2: See notes following RCW 50.04.323.
Conflict with federal requirements—2013 c 79: "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." [ 2013 c 79 § 5.]
Short title—Effective date—Conflict with federal requirements—2009 c 3: See notes following RCW 50.20.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.040 - Compensation plan—Approval or rejection—Resubmission.

RCW 50.60.040
Compensation plan—Approval or rejection—Resubmission.
The commissioner shall approve or reject a shared work compensation plan in writing within fifteen days of its receipt. The reasons for the rejection shall be final and nonappealable, but the rejection shall not prevent an employer from submitting another plan for approval not earlier than fifteen days after the date of a previous written rejection.
[ 1983 c 207 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.050 - Approved plan—Misrepresentation—Penalties.

RCW 50.60.050
Approved plan—Misrepresentation—Penalties.
If an approved plan or any representation for implementation of the plan is intentionally and substantially misleading or false, any individual who participated in any such misrepresentation shall be subject to criminal prosecution as well as personal liability for any amount of benefits deemed by the commissioner to have been improperly paid from the fund as a result thereof. This provision for personal liability is in addition to any remedy against individual claimants for collection of overpayment of benefits if such claimants participated in or were otherwise at fault in the overpayment.
[ 1983 c 207 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.060 - Approved plan—Effective date—Expiration.

RCW 50.60.060
Approved plan—Effective date—Expiration.
A shared work compensation plan shall be effective on the date agreed upon by the department and the employer but no later than the first day of the second calendar week after the date of the commissioner's approval, unless a later date is requested by the employer. The plan shall expire at the end of the twelfth full calendar month after its effective date, or on the date specified in the plan if that date is earlier, unless the plan is revoked before that date by the commissioner. If a plan is revoked by the commissioner, it shall terminate on the date specified in the commissioner's order of revocation.
[ 2009 c 3 § 9; 1983 c 207 § 6.]
NOTES:
Short title—Effective date—Conflict with federal requirements—2009 c 3: See notes following RCW 50.20.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.070 - Approved plan—Revocation—Review of plans.

RCW 50.60.070
Approved plan—Revocation—Review of plans.
The commissioner may revoke approval of a shared work compensation plan for good cause. The revocation order shall be in writing and shall specify the date the revocation is effective and the reasons for the revocation. Good cause for revocation shall include failure to comply with the assurances given in the plan, unreasonable revision of productivity standards, conduct or occurrences tending to defeat the intent and effective operation of the plan, and violation of the criteria on which approval of the plan was based.
Such action may be initiated at any time by the commissioner on his or her own motion, on the motion of any of the affected employees, or on the motion of the appropriate collective bargaining agents. The commissioner shall review each plan at least once within the twelve-month period the plan is in effect to assure that it continues to meet the requirements of this chapter.
[ 2009 c 3 § 10; 1983 c 207 § 7.]
NOTES:
Short title—Effective date—Conflict with federal requirements—2009 c 3: See notes following RCW 50.20.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.080 - Approved plan—Modification.

RCW 50.60.080
Approved plan—Modification.
An approved shared work compensation plan in effect may be modified with the approval of the commissioner. If the hours of work are increased or decreased beyond the level in the original plan, or any other condition is changed, the employer shall promptly notify the commissioner. If the changes meet the requirements for approval of a plan, the commissioner shall approve the modifications. This approval shall not change the expiration date of the original plan. If the modifications do not meet the requirements for approval, the commissioner shall revoke the plan as specified in RCW 50.60.060.
[ 1983 c 207 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.090 - Shared work benefits—Eligibility.

RCW 50.60.090
Shared work benefits—Eligibility.
An individual is eligible to receive shared work benefits with respect to any week only if, in addition to meeting the conditions of eligibility for other benefits under this title, the commissioner finds that:
(1) The individual was employed during that week as an affected employee under an approved shared work compensation plan which was in effect for that week;
(2) The affected employee was able to work and was available for his or her usual weekly hours of work with the shared work employer; and
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an individual is deemed to have been unemployed in any week for which remuneration is payable to him or her as an affected employee for less than his or her normal weekly hours of work as specified under the approved shared work compensation plan in effect for that week.
[ 2013 c 79 § 3; 2009 c 3 § 11; 1983 c 207 § 9.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—2013 c 79: See note following RCW 50.60.020.
Short title—Effective date—Conflict with federal requirements—2009 c 3: See notes following RCW 50.20.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.100 - Benefits—Weekly amount—Maximum entitlement—Claims—Conditions.

RCW 50.60.100
Benefits—Weekly amount—Maximum entitlement—Claims—Conditions.
(1) The shared work weekly benefit amount shall be the product of the regular weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount multiplied by the percentage of reduction in the individual's usual weekly hours of work;
(2) No individual is eligible in any benefit year for more than the maximum entitlement established for benefits under this title, including benefits under this chapter;
(3) The shared work benefits paid an individual shall be deducted from the total benefit amount established for that individual's benefit year;
(4) Claims for shared work benefits shall be filed in the same manner as claims for other benefits under this title or as prescribed by the commissioner by rule;
(5) Provisions otherwise applicable to unemployment compensation claimants under this title apply to shared work claimants to the extent that they are not inconsistent with this chapter;
(6)(a) If an individual works in the same week for an employer other than the shared work employer and his or her combined hours of work for both employers are equal to or greater than the usual weekly hours of work with the shared work employer, the individual shall not be entitled to benefits under this chapter or title;
(b) If an individual works in the same week for both the shared work employer and another employer and his or her combined hours of work for both employers are less than his or her usual weekly hours of work, the benefit amount payable for that week shall be the weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount reduced by the same percentage that the combined hours are of the usual weekly hours of work;
(7) An individual who does not work during a week for the shared work employer, and is otherwise eligible, shall be paid his or her full weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount;
(8) An individual who does not work for the shared work employer during a week but works for another employer, and is otherwise eligible, shall be paid benefits for that week under the partial unemployment compensation provisions of this title.
[ 2009 c 3 § 12; 1983 c 207 § 10.]
NOTES:
Short title—Effective date—Conflict with federal requirements—2009 c 3: See notes following RCW 50.20.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.110 - Benefits—Charge to employers' experience rating accounts.

RCW 50.60.110
Benefits—Charge to employers' experience rating accounts.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, shared work benefits shall be charged to employers' experience rating accounts in the same manner as other benefits under this title are charged. Employers liable for payments in lieu of contributions shall have shared work benefits attributed to their accounts in the same manner as other benefits under this title are attributed.
(2) Any amount of shared work benefits that is paid or reimbursed by the federal government is not charged to experience rating accounts of employers or to employers who are liable for payments in lieu of contributions. The employment security department shall remove charges for any amount of shared work benefits that is paid or reimbursed by the federal government.
[ 2021 c 2 § 24; 2013 c 79 § 4; 1983 c 207 § 11.]
NOTES:
Intent—Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2021 c 2: See notes following RCW 50.04.323.
Conflict with federal requirements—2013 c 79: See note following RCW 50.60.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.120 - Benefits—Exhaustee.

RCW 50.60.120
Benefits—Exhaustee.
An individual who has received all of the shared work benefits, or all of the combined unemployment compensation and shared work benefits, available in a benefit year shall be considered an exhaustee for purposes of the extended benefits program under chapter 50.22 RCW, and, if otherwise eligible under that chapter, shall be eligible to receive extended benefits.
[ 1983 c 207 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.130 - Approved training—Affected employees.

RCW 50.60.130
Approved training—Affected employees.
Affected employees may participate, as appropriate, in training, including employer-sponsored training or training funded under the workforce innovation and opportunity act, to enhance job skills if such program has been approved by the employment security department.
[ 2021 c 2 § 25.]
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 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.900 - Title and rules to apply to shared work benefits—Conflict with federal requirements.

RCW 50.60.900
Title and rules to apply to shared work benefits—Conflict with federal requirements.
Unless inconsistent with or otherwise provided by this section, this title and rules adopted under this title apply to shared work benefits. To the extent permitted by federal law, those rules may make such distinctions and requirements as may be necessary with respect to unemployed individuals to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including rules defining usual hours, days, workweek, wages, and the duration of plans adopted under this chapter. To the extent that any portion of this chapter may be inconsistent with the requirements of federal law relating to the payment of unemployment insurance benefits, the conflicting provisions or interpretations of this chapter shall be deemed inoperative, but only to the extent of the conflict. If the commissioner determines that such a conflict exists, a statement to that effect shall be filed with the governor's office for transmission to both houses of the legislature.
[ 1983 c 207 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.60 - Shared Work Compensation Plans—Benefits. › 50.60.901 - Rules.

RCW 50.60.901
Rules.
The department shall adopt such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of chapter 207, Laws of 1983.
[ 1998 c 245 § 101; 1983 c 207 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.62 - Special Employment Assistance. › 50.62.020 - Definitions.

RCW 50.62.020
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Job service" means the employment assistance program of the employment security department;
(2) "Employment assistance" means services to unemployed persons focused on and measured by the obtaining of employment;
(3) "Labor exchange" means those activities which match labor supply and labor demand, including recruitment, screening, and referral of qualified workers to employers;
(4) "Special account of the administrative contingency fund" means that fund under RCW 50.24.014 established within the administrative contingency fund of the employment security department which provides revenue for the purposes of this chapter.
(5) "Continuous wage and benefit history" means an information and research system utilizing a longitudinal database containing information on both employment and unemployment.
(6) "Long-term unemployed" means demographic groups of unemployment insurance claimants identified by the employment security department pursuant to RCW 50.62.040(1)(e) which have the highest percentages of persons who have drawn at least fifteen weeks of unemployment insurance benefits or have the highest percentage of persons who have exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits.
(7) "Older unemployed workers" means unemployment insurance claimants who are at least fifty years of age.
[ 1987 c 284 § 2; 1985 ex.s. c 5 § 2.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1985 ex.s. c 5: See notes following RCW 50.62.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.62 - Special Employment Assistance. › 50.62.040 - Annual report—Wage and benefit history.

RCW 50.62.040
Annual report—Wage and benefit history.
(1) Each year the employment security department may publish an annual report on the unemployed based on research conducted on the continuous wage and benefit history and other sources that identifies:
(a) The demographic groups of unemployment insurance claimants that experience the greatest difficulty finding new employment with wages comparable to their prelayoff earnings;
(b) The demographic groups of unemployment insurance claimants that have the highest rates of failure to find unemployment insurance covered-employment after a layoff;
(c) The demographic, industry, and employment characteristics of the unemployment insurance claimant population most closely associated with the exhaustion of an unemployment claim;
(d) The demographic, industry, and employment characteristics of those locked-out workers who are eligible for unemployment compensation under RCW 50.20.090; and
(e) The demographic groups which are defined as the "long-term unemployed" for purposes of this chapter. This listing shall be updated each year.
(2) The employment security department shall continue to fund the continuing wage and benefit history at a level necessary to produce the annual report described in subsection (1) of this section.
[ 1998 c 245 § 102; 1987 c 284 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.010 - Legislative findings.

RCW 50.65.010
Legislative findings.
The legislature finds that:
(1) The unemployment rate in the state of Washington is the highest since the great depression, with a significantly higher rate among Washington youth.
(2) The policy of the state is to conserve and protect its natural and urban resources, scenic beauty, and historical and cultural sites.
(3) It is in the public interest to target employment projects to those activities which have the greatest benefit to the local economy.
(4) There are many unemployed young adults without hope or opportunities for entrance into the labor force who are unable to afford higher education and who create a serious strain on tax revenues in community services.
(5) The severe cutbacks in community and human services funding leave many local community service agencies without the resources to provide necessary services to those in need.
(6) The talent and energy of Washington's unemployed young adults are an untapped resource which should be challenged to meet the serious shortage in community services and promote and conserve the valuable resources of the state.
Therefore, the legislature finds it necessary and in the public interest to enact the Washington youth employment and conservation act. As part of this chapter, the Washington service corps is established as an operating program of the employment security department. The legislature desires to facilitate the potential of youth to obtain available job opportunities in both public and private agencies.
[ 1987 c 167 § 1; 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 1.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: Wherever the phrase "this act" occurred in RCW 50.65.010 through 50.65.130, it has been changed to "this chapter." "This act" [1983 1st ex.s. c 50] consists of this chapter and three uncodified sections.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.020 - Definitions.

RCW 50.65.020
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the employment security department.
(2) "Department" means the employment security department.
(3) "Enrollees" means those persons who have completed enrollment forms, completed a work agreement, and who have entered into the Washington service corps following the approval of the director of the supervising agency.
(4) "Corps" means the Washington service corps.
(5) "Work agreement" means the written agreement between the department, the enrollee and the supervising agency under this chapter for a period of up to eighteen months.
(6) "Supervising agencies" means those private or public agencies which develop and implement full-time service projects in which enrollees agree to participate.
(7) "Matching funds" means funding that is provided to the employment security department by agencies or individuals as financial support for a portion of the stipend or wage and benefits paid to the enrollee.
(8) "Financial support" means any thing of value contributed by agencies or individuals to the department for a youth employment project which is reasonably calculated to support directly the development and expansion of a particular program under this chapter and which represents an addition to any financial support previously or customarily provided by the individual or agency. "Financial support" includes, but is not limited to funds, equipment, facilities, and training.
(9) "Director" means the individual who shall serve as the director of the exchange.
[ 1987 c 167 § 2; 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.040 - Washington service corps—Criteria for enrollment.

RCW 50.65.040
Washington service corps—Criteria for enrollment.
The commissioner may select and enroll in the Washington service corps program any person who is at least eighteen years of age but has not reached their twenty-sixth birthday, is a resident of the state, and who is not for medical, legal, or psychological reasons incapable of service. Efforts shall be made to enroll youths who are economically, socially, physically, or educationally disadvantaged. The commissioner may prescribe such additional standards and procedures in consultation with supervising agencies as may be necessary in conformance with this chapter. In addition, the commissioner may select and enroll youth fourteen to seventeen years of age on special projects during the summer and at other times during the school year that may complement and support their school curriculum or that link and support service with learning.
[ 1993 c 302 § 2; 1987 c 167 § 4; 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1993 c 302: See note following RCW 50.65.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.050 - Washington service corps—List of local youth employment opportunities.

RCW 50.65.050
Washington service corps—List of local youth employment opportunities.
The commissioner shall use existing local offices of the employment security department or contract with independent, private nonprofit agencies in a local community to establish the Washington service corps program and to insure coverage of the program statewide. Each local office shall maintain a list of available youth employment opportunities in the jurisdiction covered by the local office and the appropriate forms or work agreements to enable the youths to apply for employment in private or public supervising agencies.
[ 1987 c 167 § 5; 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.060 - Washington service corps—Placement under work agreements.

RCW 50.65.060
Washington service corps—Placement under work agreements.
Placements in the Washington service corps shall be made in supervising agencies under work agreements as provided under this chapter and shall include those assignments which provide for addressing community needs and conservation problems and will assist the community in economic development efforts. Each work agreement shall:
(1) Demonstrate that the service project is appropriate for the enrollee's interests, skills, and abilities and that the project is designed to meet unmet community needs;
(2) Include a requirement of regular performance evaluation. This shall include clear work performance standards set by the supervising agency and procedures for identifying strengths, recommended improvement areas and conditions for probation or dismissal of the enrollee; and
(3) Include a commitment for partial financial support for the enrollee from private industry, public agencies, community groups, or foundations. The commissioner may establish additional standards for the development of placements for enrollees with supervising agencies and assure that the work agreements comply with those standards. This section shall not apply to conservation corps programs established by chapter 43.220 RCW.
Agencies of the state may use the Washington service corps for the purpose of employing youth qualifying under this chapter.
[ 1993 c 302 § 3; 1987 c 167 § 6; 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 6.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1993 c 302: See note following RCW 50.65.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.065 - Work agreements—Requirements.

RCW 50.65.065
Work agreements—Requirements.
For each enrollee, the work agreements, or combination of work agreements, developed under RCW 50.65.060 shall:
(1) Include a variety of experiences consisting of: Indoor activities; outdoor activities; and volunteer activities;
(2) Provide time for participation in a core training program common to all participants.
[ 1993 c 302 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1993 c 302: See note following RCW 50.65.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.070 - Enrollees not to displace current workers.

RCW 50.65.070
Enrollees not to displace current workers.
The assignment of enrollees shall not result in the displacement of currently employed workers, including partial displacement such as reduction in hours of nonovertime work, wages, or other employment benefits. Supervising agencies that participate in the program may not terminate, lay-off, or reduce the working hours of any employee for the purpose of utilizing an enrollee with funds available. In circumstances where substantial efficiencies or a public purpose may result, supervising agencies may utilize enrollees to carry out essential agency work or contractual functions without displacing current employees.
[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.080 - Commissioner to seek assistance for Washington service corps.

RCW 50.65.080
Commissioner to seek assistance for Washington service corps.
The commissioner shall seek and may accept, on behalf of the Washington service corps, charitable donations of cash and other assistance including, but not limited to, equipment and materials if the donations are available for appropriate use for the purposes set forth in this chapter.
[ 1993 c 302 § 6; 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1993 c 302: See note following RCW 50.65.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.090 - Authority for income-generating projects—Disposition of income.

RCW 50.65.090
Authority for income-generating projects—Disposition of income.
The commissioner may enter into income-generating projects with public or private organizations to further the purposes of this chapter. Moneys received from contractual projects qualifying under this chapter shall be deposited in the state general fund. This section does not apply to conservation corps programs established by chapter 43.220 RCW.
[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.100 - Work agreements—Nondiscrimination.

RCW 50.65.100
Work agreements—Nondiscrimination.
All parties entering into work agreements under this chapter shall agree that they will not discriminate in the providing of any service on the basis of race, creed, ethnic origin, sex, age, or political affiliation.
[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.110 - Enrollees—Training and subsistence allowance—Medical insurance and medical aid—Notice of coverage.

RCW 50.65.110
Enrollees—Training and subsistence allowance—Medical insurance and medical aid—Notice of coverage.
The compensation received shall be considered a training and subsistence allowance. Comprehensive medical insurance, and medical aid shall be paid for the enrollees in the service corps by the commissioner in accordance with the standards and limitations of the appropriation provided for this chapter. The department shall give notice of coverage to the director of labor and industries after enrollment. The department shall not be deemed an employer of an enrollee for any other purpose.
Other provisions of law relating to civil service, hours of work, rate of compensation, sick leave, unemployment compensation, old age health and survivor's insurance, state retirement plans, and vacation leave do not apply to enrollees.
[ 1987 c 167 § 7; 1985 c 230 § 6; 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.120 - Exemption of enrollees from unemployment compensation coverage.

RCW 50.65.120
Exemption of enrollees from unemployment compensation coverage.
The services of enrollees placed with supervising agencies described in chapter 50.44 RCW are exempt from unemployment compensation coverage under *RCW 50.44.040(5) and the enrollees shall be so advised by the department.
[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 12.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 50.44.040 was amended by 2007 c 386 § 1, changing subsection (5) to subsection (4).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 50.65 - Washington Service Corps. › 50.65.130 - Federal and private sector funds and grants.

RCW 50.65.130
Federal and private sector funds and grants.
In addition to any other power, duty, or function described by law or rule, the employment security department, through the program established under this chapter, may accept federal or private sector funds and grants and implement such programs relating to community services or employment programs and may enter into contracts respecting such funds or grants. The department may also use funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter as matching funds for federal or private source funds to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The Washington service corps shall be the sole recipient of federal funds for youth employment and conservation corps programs.
[ 1987 c 167 § 8; 1983 1st ex.s. c 50 § 13.]
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RCW 50.65.138
Use of funds for enrollees and projects in distressed areas—Service corps.
Sixty percent of the general funds available to the service corps program shall be for enrollees from distressed areas and for projects in distressed areas. A distressed area shall mean:
(1) A county which has an unemployment rate which is twenty percent above the state average for the immediately preceding three years;
(2) A community which has experienced sudden and severe loss of employment; or
(3) An area within a county which area:
(a) Is composed of contiguous census tracts;
(b) Has a minimum population of five thousand persons;
(c) The median household income is at least thirty-five percent below the county's median household income, as determined from data collected for the preceding United States ten-year census; and
(d) Has an unemployment rate which is at least forty percent higher than the county's unemployment rate. For purposes of this definition, "families and unrelated individuals" has the same meaning that is ascribed to that term by the federal department of housing and urban development in its regulations authorizing action grants for economic development and neighborhood revitalization projects.
[ 1987 c 167 § 10.]
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RCW 50.65.143
Limitation on use of funds for administration—Service corps.
(1) Not more than fifteen percent of the funds available for the service corps shall be expended for administrative costs. For the purposes of this chapter, "administrative costs" include, but are not limited to, program planning and evaluation, budget development and monitoring, personnel management, contract administration, administrative payroll, development of program reports, and administrative office space costs and utilities.
(2) The fifteen percent limitation does not include costs for any of the following: Program support activities such as direct supervision of enrollees and corpsmembers, counseling, education and job training, equipment, advisory board expenses, and extraordinary recruitment and placement procedures necessary to fill project positions.
(3) The total for all items included under subsection (1) of this section and excluded under subsection (2) of this section shall not: (a) Exceed thirty percent of the appropriated funds available during a fiscal biennium for the service and conservation corps programs; or (b) result in an average cost per enrollee or corpsmember from general funds exceeding seven thousand dollars in the 1987-89 biennium and in succeeding biennia as adjusted by inflation factors established by the office of financial management for state budgeting purposes. The test included in (a) and (b) of this subsection are in the alternative, and it is only required that one of the tests be satisfied.
[ 1987 c 167 § 11.]
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RCW 50.65.200
Washington serves—Findings—Declaration.
The legislature finds that:
(1) Budget constraints are causing severe gaps and reductions in vital services to local communities and citizens. Some of these gaps in services can be filled by citizen volunteers through an organized program to recruit and place volunteers and to expand opportunities for volunteers to serve their communities;
(2) The federal government is proposing expansion of national services programs. These programs may require significant matching resources from states. State funds supporting the Washington serves program can serve as a required matching source to leverage additional federal national service resources;
(3) Washington state has, through the Washington service corps, successfully offered service opportunities and meaningful work experience to young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five years;
(4) The need exists to expand full-time volunteer opportunities to citizens age twenty-one and over, to encourage senior citizens, college graduates, professional and technically skilled persons, and other adult citizens, to contribute their critical expertise, experience, labor, and commitment to meeting the needs of their communities;
(5) It is appropriate and in the public's interest for Washington state to create opportunities for citizens to engage in full-time, meaningful volunteer service in governmental or private nonprofit agencies, institutions, programs, or activities that address the social, economic, educational, civic, cultural, or environmental needs of local communities;
(6) Through volunteer service, citizens apply their skills and knowledge to the resolution of critical problems or meeting unmet needs, gain valuable experience, refine or develop new skills, and instill a sense of civic pride and commitment to their community;
(7) There is a need to coordinate state and federally funded volunteer service programs that provide living allowances and other benefits to volunteers to maximize the benefits to volunteers and the organizations in which they serve.
It is therefore the legislature's desire to expand full-time volunteer opportunities for citizens age twenty-one and over and to provide appropriate incentives to those who serve. Such a program should be implemented statewide and coordinated across programs.
[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 1.]
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RCW 50.65.210
Washington serves—Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the employment security department.
(2) "*Council" means the Washington council on volunteerism and citizen service authorized by chapter 43.150 RCW.
(3) "Department" means the employment security department.
(4) "Volunteer" means a person at least twenty-one years of age who, upon application and acceptance into the program, is placed in a governmental or private, nonprofit organization to perform full-time service for the benefit of the community, and who receives a living allowance and other benefits as authorized under this chapter.
[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 2.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 43.150.060, which created the Washington state council on volunteerism and citizen service, was repealed by 1995 c 269 § 2302, effective July 1, 1995.
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RCW 50.65.220
Washington serves—Program—Created—Procedure—Intent.
There is hereby created within the employment security department a program for full-time community service that shall be known and referred to as the Washington serves program. The department shall recruit, train, place, and evaluate applicants to the program. The department may accept applications and enter into agreements or contracts with any governmental or private nonprofit organization appropriate for placement of volunteers under this program. The commissioner, after consultation with the council, may adopt rules as needed to carry out the intent and purposes of this program. It is the intent of the legislature that the commissioner coordinate this program with all volunteer service programs, whether funded with state or federal dollars, in order to maximize the benefits to volunteers and the communities served under the program. It is also the legislature's intent that to the extent that state funds are paid directly to persons that participate in the program, whether to reimburse, support, assist, or provide other direct payment, no volunteer may have such reimbursement, support, assistance, or other payment reduced or withheld for having served in the program.
[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 3.]
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RCW 50.65.230
Washington serves—Applicants—Eligibility.
(1) Applicants to the Washington serves program shall be at least twenty-one years of age and a resident of Washington state.
(2) Applicants may apply to serve for a period of service of one year, except that volunteers may serve for periods of service of less than one year if it is determined by the commissioner, on an individual basis, that a period of service of less than one year is necessary to meet a critical scarce skill or necessary to enable a person or organization to participate in the program.
(3) Volunteers may reapply for periods of service totaling not more than two additional years.
(4) Applicants to the program shall be committed to providing full-time service to the community.
[ 1993 sp.s. c 7 § 4.]
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RCW 50.65.240
Washington serves—Disqualification for Washington service corps participation.
No individual may participate in the Washington serves program created by chapter 7, Laws of 1993 sp. sess., if the person has previously participated for six months or longer in the Washington service corps within the last three years.
[ 1993 c 302 § 10.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1993 c 302: See note following RCW 50.65.030.