Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-4904 - Classification 4904

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
4904-00 Clerical office, N.O.C.
Applies to:
Clerical office employees whose job duties and work environment
				meet all the conditions of the general reporting rules covering clerical office
				standard exception employees, and who are not covered by another classification
				assigned to their employer's account, see WAC
				296-17-31018
				Exception classifications.
Special note
:
Care must be taken
				to look beyond job titles, such as "clerk" or "cashier." Job titles do not
				ensure the work or the workplace meet the requirements for 4904.
Office work is limited to duties such as:
* Assisting walk-in customers;
* Attending meetings;
* Billing and receiving payments;
* Checking persons into a hotel or other facility;
* Communicating by phone or routing phone calls;
* Completing forms;
* Composing informational material;
* Copying documents;
* Designing publication layouts on software or by
				drafting;
* Maintaining financial, personnel, or payroll records;
* Manual or computer design work;
* Processing payments and invoices;
* Programming software;
* Researching records;
* Technical drafting;
* Utilizing computer software;
* Writing or routing correspondence;
* Writing reports and manuals.
Office work excludes:
* Hand delivering business correspondence outside of the
				business office;
* Handling, packaging, mailing, receiving, or demonstrating any
				product (or their components) sold by the employer.
Work environment is restricted to a business office,
				meeting room, or similar office-like environment that is:
* Physically separated by walls, partitions, or other physical
				barriers from all other work areas; and
* Where only office work, as described in this rule, is
				performed.
Work environment excludes any work area
				where:
* Carry-out merchandise is displayed for sale;
* Customers bring merchandise they are purchasing to make
				payment;
* Products sold by the employer are handled or stored.
Special notes
:
Classification 4904 permits limited and minimal work outside an
				office for:
* Attending meetings;
* Banking;
* Purchasing supplies for the office;
* Taking correspondence to or from the post office;
* Taking training courses.
Classification 4904 permits limited and minimal exposure to
				areas of the employer's premises that do not qualify for office work, if this
				is necessary for getting to or from a:
* Break room;
* Business office;
* Delivery of a personal message;
* Lunchroom or dining area;
* Restroom facility.
4904-13 Clerical office for insurance
				business
Applies to:
Clerical office employees of insurance companies, including
				insurance agents or brokers who perform duties exclusively of clerical nature
				and without an interchange of labor between clerical and non-clerical duties.
				Job duties and work environment must meet all the conditions of the general
				reporting rules covering clerical office standard exception employees who are
				not covered by another classification assigned to their employer's account, see
				WAC
				296-17-31018
				Exception classifications.
Special note
:
Individuals issued
				a license by the office of the insurance commissioner and acting as an
				insurance producer are exempt from coverage as specified in
				RCW
				 51.12.020. To elect voluntary coverage these
				individuals must submit a completed optional coverage form to the department.
				This exclusion to coverage does not apply if the license is held by someone who
				otherwise:
* Does not work in the capacity of an insurance producer;
				and
* Holds a license solely for the purpose of receiving
				applications or premiums; and
* Is not compensated related to the volume of insurance sold or
				premiums collected.
Office work is limited to duties such as:
* Assisting walk-in customers;
* Attending meetings;
* Billing and receiving payments;
* Communicating by phone or routing phone calls;
* Completing forms;
* Composing informational material;
* Copying documents;
* Designing publication layouts on software or by
				drafting;
* Maintaining financial, personnel, or payroll records;
* Manual or computer design work;
* Preparation of insurance policies or billing records;
* Processing payments and invoices;
* Programming software;
* Researching records;
* Technical drafting;
* Utilizing computer software;
* Writing or routing correspondence;
* Writing reports and manuals.
Office work excludes:
* Hand delivering business correspondence outside of the
				business office;
* Handling, packaging, mailing, receiving, or demonstrating any
				product (or their components) sold by the employer.
Work environment is restricted to a business office,
				meeting room, or similar office-like environment that is:
* Physically separated by walls, partitions, or other physical
				barriers from all other work areas; and
* Where only office work, as described in this rule, is
				performed.
Work environment excludes any work area
				where:
* Carry-out merchandise is displayed for sale;
* Customers bring merchandise they are purchasing to make
				payment;
* Products sold by the employer are handled or stored.
Special notes
:
Classification 4904 permits limited and minimal work outside an
				office for:
* Attending meetings;
* Banking;
* Purchasing supplies for the office;
* Taking correspondence to or from the post office;
* Taking training courses.
Classification 4904 permits limited and minimal exposure to
				areas of the employer's premises that do not qualify for office work, if this
				is necessary for getting to or from a:
* Break room;
* Business office;
* Delivery of a personal message;
* Lunchroom or dining area;
* Restroom facility.
4904-17 Clerical office: Employee leasing
				companies
Applies to:
Clerical office employees of employee leasing companies who
				perform duties exclusively of clerical nature and without an interchange of
				labor between clerical and nonclerical duties. Job duties and work environment
				must meet all the conditions of the general reporting rules covering clerical
				office standard exception employees who are not covered by another
				classification assigned to their employer's account, see WAC
				296-17-31018
				Exception classifications.
Office work is limited to duties such as:
* Assisting walk-in customers;
* Attending meetings;
* Billing and receiving payments;
* Communicating by phone or routing phone calls;
* Completing forms;
* Composing informational material;
* Copying documents;
* Designing publication layouts on software or by
				drafting;
* Maintaining financial, personnel, or payroll records;
* Manual or computer design work;
* Processing payments and invoices;
* Programming software;
* Researching records;
* Technical drafting;
* Utilizing computer software;
* Writing or routing correspondence;
* Writing reports and manuals.
Office work excludes:
* Handling, packaging, mailing, receiving, or demonstrating any
				product (or their components) sold by the employer;
* Hand delivering business correspondence outside of the
				business office.
Work environment is restricted to a business office,
				meeting room, or similar office-like environment that is:
* Physically separated by walls, partitions, or other physical
				barriers from all other work areas; and
* Where only office work, as described in this rule, is
				performed.
Work environment excludes any work area
				where:
* Carry-out merchandise is displayed for sale;
* Customers bring merchandise they are purchasing to make
				payment;
* Products sold by the employer are handled or stored.
Special notes
:
Classification 4904 permits limited and minimal work outside an
				office for:
* Attending meetings;
* Banking;
* Purchasing supplies for the office;
* Taking correspondence to or from the post office;
* Taking training courses.
Classification 4904 permits limited and minimal exposure to
				areas of the employer's premises that do not qualify for office work, if this
				is necessary for getting to or from a:
* Break room;
* Business office;
* Delivery of a personal message;
* Lunchroom or dining area;
* Restroom facility.
4904-20 Community action organizations - Clerical office
				employees, N.O.C.
Applies to:
Clerical office employees, not otherwise classified (N.O.C.),
				of organizations performing two or more services to support the local community
				and people in need. See subclassifications 1501-20 and 5308-20 for other
				community action organization classifications.
Office work is limited to duties such as:
* Assisting walk-in customers;
* Attending meetings;
* Billing and receiving payments;
* Communicating by phone or routing phone calls;
* Completing forms;
* Composing informational material;
* Copying documents;
* Designing publication layouts on software or by
				drafting;
* Maintaining financial, personnel, or payroll records;
* Manual or computer design work;
* Processing payments and invoices;
* Programming software;
* Researching records;
* Technical drafting;
* Utilizing computer software;
* Writing or routing correspondence;
* Writing reports and manuals.
Office work excludes:
* Handling, packaging, mailing, receiving, or demonstrating any
				product (or their components) sold by the employer;
* Hand delivering business correspondence outside of the
				business office.
Work environment is restricted to a business office,
				meeting room, or similar office-like environment that is:
* Physically separated by walls, partitions, or other physical
				barriers from all other work areas; and
* Where only office work, as described in this rule, is
				performed.
Work environment excludes any work area
				where:
* Carry-out merchandise is displayed for sale;
* Customers bring merchandise they are purchasing to make
				payment;
* Products sold by the employer are handled or stored.
Special notes
:
Classification 4904 permits limited and minimal work outside an
				office for:
* Attending meetings;
* Banking;
* Purchasing supplies for the office;
* Taking correspondence to or from the post office;
* Taking training courses.
Classification 4904 permits limited and minimal exposure to
				areas of the employer's premises that do not qualify for office work, if this
				is necessary for getting to or from a:
* Break room;
* Business office;
* Delivery of a personal message;
* Lunchroom or dining area;
* Restroom facility.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020,
				  51.16.035, and
				  51.16.100. 12-11-109, §
				  296-17A-4904, filed 5/22/12, effective 7/1/12. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100,
				  51.04.020(1).
				  10-18-024, § 296-17A-4904, filed 8/24/10, effective 10/1/10. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100, and 2007 c 324.
				  07-24-045, § 296-17A-4904, filed 12/1/07, effective 1/1/09. 07-01-014,
				  recodified as § 296-17A-4904, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 99-18-068, § 296-17-653,
				  filed 8/31/99, effective 10/1/99; 98-18-042, § 296-17-653, filed 8/28/98,
				  effective 10/1/98; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-653, filed 11/27/85,
				  effective 1/1/86; 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-653, filed 2/28/85,
				  effective 4/1/85; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-653, filed 11/30/83,
				  effective 1/1/84; Order 73-22, § 296-17-653, filed 11/9/73, effective
				  1/1/74.