Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-1101 - Classification 1101

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Note:
Classification 1101 is only to be assigned
				as a nature of business or if a basic classification specifically excludes
				delivery.
1101-04 Automobile delivery or repossessing Applies to
:
* Businesses engaged in delivering or repossessing individual
				automobiles for others; and
* Drivers of sound trucks.
Duties are generally limited to:
* Unlocking vehicles; and
* Driving.
Generally, a client will contact the service company and
				arrange for a car to be delivered to a specific destination or request that a
				car of which they (client) are the legal owner, be repossessed and delivered to
				a specific location. In either case, a driver, not a motorized transportation
				service, does the delivery. It is common on long distance deliveries for the
				service company to use more than one driver.
Exclusions:
* Worker hours or businesses operating tractor/trailer
				combinations to transport vehicles must be reported separately in
				classification 1102; and
* Worker hours using a tow truck, must be reported separately
				in classification 1109.
1101-06 Delivery by retail and wholesale stores and
				distributors, N.O.C.
Applies to:
* Employees of retail and wholesale stores engaged in
				inter-store delivery or customer merchandise delivery when excluded from the
				store classification;
* Employees of a company that contracts to perform those same
				services;
* Small package specialty delivery companies; and
* Delivery not covered by another classification (N.O.C.).
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Loading and unloading delivery vans or trucks ;
* Driving from store to store;
* Driving from a store to a customer's location; and
* May drive designated routes or delivery areas.
Exclusions:
* Businesses engaged in general trucking services such as
				hauling bulk merchandise or commodities which are to be reported separately in
				classification 1102.
1101-09 Parcel delivery companies for delivery of small
				parcels
Applies to :
* Businesses engaged in the delivery of small parcels for
				others;
* Contract mail delivery route drivers and contract hauling of
				mail between post offices; and
* Businesses subject to this classification may offer overnight
				express services, but usually do not deliver packages that exceed 150
				pounds.
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Driving delivery vehicles; and
* Loading and unloading delivery vehicles.
Exclusions:
* Worker hours or businesses delivering bulk freight such as
				that delivered by trucking companies must be reported separately in
				classification 1102.
1101-17 Driver delivery sales, N.O.C. Applies to
				:
* Businesses engaged in route sales of a wide variety of
				merchandise not covered by another classification (N.O.C.) including, but not
				limited to, hand tools, automotive supply, and household items; and
* Businesses or employees known as merchandisers who deliver
				products such as, but not limited to, greeting cards, over-the-counter
				medications, and grooming products to their customer's place of business then
				perform related merchandising functions.
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Delivering products;
* Showing samples;
* Soliciting further orders;
* Calling on new customers along their route;
* Taking inventory of goods on hand;
* Restocking;
* Reordering;
* Removing outdated or damaged merchandise from shelves or the
				premises; and
* Assembling temporary displays usually made of lightweight
				material such as cardboard or plastic and used for promotional or seasonal
				goods.
Exclusions:
* Employees of businesses who provide merchandising services,
				but who do not deliver products to the customer's place of business, may be
				reported separately in classification 0607; and
* Businesses engaged in the set up or removal of advertising or
				merchandise displays that involve more than incidental assembly of seasonal or
				promotional exhibits must be reported separately in classification 0607.
Special note
:
The distinguishing
				factor between merchandising employees who are to be reported in classification
				1101-17 and those who may be reported in classification 0607 is the delivery of
				products to the customer's place of business. Any employee who delivers
				merchandise to the customer's place of business is to be reported in
				classification 1101.
1101-21 Delivery services
Applies to:
* Businesses engaged in providing certain delivery services,
				usually using vans, cars, or bicycles.
Typical services include:
* Delivering accounting or financial records;
* Delivering bodily fluid samples to and from
				laboratories;
* Errands;
* Delivering food, beverages, and other commodities;
* Delivering newspapers, magazines, telephone books;
* Route food services of prepackaged foods; and
* Shopping.
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Cashiering;
* Driving;
* Loading and unloading;
* Preparing and packaging foods for route service;
* Removing old periodicals from shelves;
* Running errands for others;
* Selling prepackaged foods on a route;
* Shopping for others;
* Stocking shelves; and
* Honor snack services operated independently from, and not in
				connection with, coin-operated vending machine services.
Exclusions:
* Food truck businesses, are classified in classification
				3905;
* Preparing and prepackaging food to sell as part of a route
				food delivery service that is not a food truck business as described in
				classification 3905, may be reported in classification 3905 if detailed time
				records are kept. Otherwise, all hours for the route food delivery service must
				be reported in classification 1101;
* Shopping and errand services performed as part of chore
				services for clients is classified in classification 6511; and
* Stocking and restocking vending machines as part of a vending
				machine business is classified in classification 0606.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035 and
				  51.16.100. 07-12-047, §
				  296-17A-1101, filed 5/31/07, effective 7/1/07. 07-01-014, recodified as §
				  296-17A-1101, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100. 06-12-075, §
				  296-17-536, filed 6/6/06, effective 7/7/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020,
				  51.16.035, and
				  51.12.120. 03-23-025, §
				  296-17-536, filed 11/12/03, effective 1/1/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-536,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-536, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020(1) and
				  51.16.035. 94-12-063, §
				  296-17-536, filed 5/30/94, effective 6/30/94; 89-24-051 (Order 89-22), §
				  296-17-536, filed 12/1/89, effective 1/1/90. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 88-12-050 (Order 88-06), §
				  296-17-536, filed 5/31/88, effective 7/1/88; 86-12-041 (Order 86-18), §
				  296-17-536, filed 5/30/86, effective 7/1/86; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), §
				  296-17-536, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), §
				  296-17-536, filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), §
				  296-17-536, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; 81-24-042 (Order 81-30), §
				  296-17-536, filed 11/30/81, effective 1/1/82; Order 77-27, § 296-17-536,
				  filed 11/30/77, effective 1/1/78; Order 75-38, § 296-17-536, filed
				  11/24/75, effective 1/1/76; Order 74-40, § 296-17-536, filed 11/27/74,
				  effective 1/1/75; Order 73-22, § 296-17-536, filed 11/9/73, effective
				  1/1/74.