Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17 - General reporting rules, audit and recordkeeping, rates and rating system for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17-31015 - General inclusions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
When are operations included in a basic classification
				and when are they excluded?
There are operations, such as pickup and delivery work, which
				are common to many businesses. When types of work are normal and expected for
				an industry, support the overall operations of a business, and are performed by
				employees of the business, we call them
general inclusions
. We
				will assign separate classifications for these operations only if:
* They represent a separate business or separate store
				location, and additional classifications are allowed or required by the
				multiple classifications rule (
WAC
				296-17-31017
); or
* The classification describing a business specifically
				excludes the operation; or
* It is permitted or required by another reporting rule.
Example 1:
It is common that some businesses will
				have their own legal staff and the legal work is considered an inclusion to the
				classification that best describes the employer's nature of business. For this
				reason, we will not assign the law firm classification for private legal staff
				employed by a business that is not also in the business of providing legal
				services to others.
General inclusions include activities such as:
* Air travel by employees who are not members of a flight
				crew.
* Information and technology workers, legal staff, and
				engineers (unless an exception classification applies; see
WAC
				296-17-31018
).
* Food services provided exclusively for a firm's own
				employees.
Exception:
Food services operated for businesses
				performing construction, lumbering, or mining are assigned classification 3905;
				see
WAC
				296-17A-3905
.
* Cleaning at the employer's business location. If workers
				exclusively clean at employer's business offices, see
WAC
				296-17-31018
.
* Manufacturing of containers, packaging, bags, barrels,
				bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, wooden pallets, or packing cases for exclusive
				use by the employer's business.
* Medical facilities or dispensaries operated by employers for
				their employees.
* Printing or similar operations when performed exclusively as
				a service to the employer's business.
* Maintenance or ordinary repair of an employer's building or
				equipment.
* Pickup and delivery when performed exclusively in connection
				with the business of the employer.
* Repair performed in connection with manufacturing or
				assembly, such as warranty repairs at the manufacturer's shop or plant.
* Sales of products manufactured by the employer, unless
				permitted by another rule.
* Warehousing, handling, packing, and shipping when performed
				exclusively in connection with the business of the employer.
* Testing or analytical laboratories when operated exclusively
				in connection with the business of the employer.
Example 2:
Workers performing similar jobs are
				often reported in different classifications, depending on their employers' type
				of business, the classification rules describing the businesses, and the
				reporting rules. In this example we see how the classifications for drivers may
				vary:
* Drivers for a retail grocery store are included in the retail
				grocery classification 6402 since the classification does not exclude
				delivery.
* Drivers working for a drug store are included in the delivery
				classification 1101, because the drug store classification 6406 excludes
				delivery.
* Drivers for household moving businesses are included in the
				moving and storage classification 6907, since the classification does not
				exclude delivery.
* Drivers for intrastate and interstate common carriers are
				included in the trucking classification 1102, since the classification does not
				exclude drivers.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-31015,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98.