Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-6306 - Classification 6306

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Classification
6306
applies to retail and
				wholesale sales, rental, and rent-to-own of new, used, or refurbished:
* Furniture for home and office;
* Billiard or pool tables;
* Household appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, stoves,
				range tops, trash compactors, washing machines, and clothes dryers;
* Pianos and organs;
* Audio visual equipment for indoor or outdoor events such as a
				seminar or concert including microphones, projectors, screens, sound systems,
				lights, and other incidental items;
* Large home entertainment systems and big screen
				televisions;
* Outside television antennas and/or satellite dish receiving
				units;
* Medical durable goods such as, hospital beds, wheelchairs,
				lift chairs, and similar patient appliances;
* Motorized exercise equipment; weight sets.
Stores that primarily sell items listed above often also sell
				or rent other goods such as:
* Lamps;
* Bedding and pillows;
* Floor and window coverings;
* Framed pictures;
* Art pieces and sculptures;
* Counter top appliances, such as mixers, blenders, microwave
				ovens, toasters and espresso machines.
Employee duties include:
* Cashiering;
* Fitting and demonstration;
* Delivery and setup of merchandise described by classification
6306
;
* Most simple setup and installation and assembly work, such as
				connecting stereo components together, installing software, assembling a
				furniture kit for in-store display, or plugging in appliances;
* Incidental repair of furniture and equipment sold or rented
				by the store;
* Incidental repair and/or tuning of instruments sold by the
				store;
* Inventorying;
* Merchandising and stocking of store;
* Piano tuning;
* Packaging, addressing, and mailing articles for
				shipment;
* Receiving and shipping merchandise at store's loading
				ramp;
* Sales work inside store;
* Store security and surveillance.
Excluded activities requiring additional
				classifications:
See
WAC
				296-17-31017
Multiple classifications, for reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
				Classification
6306
excludes the following activities or
				operations:
* Worker hours engaged in out-of-store appliance or equipment
				repair, which are reported separately in classification
0607
.
* Worker hours engaged in carpet installation, which are
				reported separately in classification
0502
.
* Worker hours engaged in installation requiring low voltage
				wiring, which are reported separately in classification
0608
.
* Worker hours engaged in installation requiring electrical
				wiring within buildings, which are reported separately in classification
0601
.
* Worker hours engaged in installation requiring plumbing
				licenses, which are reported separately in classification
0306
.
* Worker hours engaged in pharmacy activities, which are
				reported separately in classification
6406
.
* Worker hours engaged in installation and assembly of modular
				office furniture and cubicle dividers, which are reported separately in
				classification
2002
.
Excluded operations:
Classification
6306
excludes:
* Stores selling any type of motorized boats or vehicles (other
				than durable medical goods), which are assigned to the applicable
				classification.
* Stores selling tires or parts for motorized vehicles, which
				are assigned to the applicable classification.
* Stores primarily selling merchandise included in
				classification
6406
, but also selling some merchandise belonging
				in classification
6306
, which are classified in
6309
.
* Stores primarily selling merchandise belonging in a higher
				rated classification, which are assigned the applicable classification.
* Firms whose principal operations are installing low voltage
				electrical wiring for audio visual equipment or home theaters, which are
				classified in
0608
(even if they also sell the equipment or
				maintain a minimal inventory).
* Firms engaged in furniture refurbishing and subsequent sales,
				which are classified in
3603
and
3808
.
* Firms engaged in medical oxygen tank rental and delivery,
				which are classified in
6406
and
1101
.
* Piano tuning businesses not also engaged in the sale of
				pianos, which are classified in
4107
.
* Stores renting a variety of equipment, party goods,
				inflatable tents, games, or other party supplies, which are classified in
1106
.
* Stores that sell wind, string, brass, and percussion musical
				instruments and no pianos or organs, which are classified in
6411
.
* Firms engaged in reconditioning of organs and pianos and
				subsequent sales, which are classified in
2906
.
For administrative purposes, classification
6306
is divided into the following subclassification(s):
6306-00 Furniture stores
.
6306-01 Rental and rent-to-own furniture stores, and
				durable medical stores
.
6306-02 Household appliances, entertainment and home
				theater systems, big screen television stores 6306-03 Piano and organ stores
				6306-06 Office furniture stores
.
6306-07 Audio/visual equipment rental and
				services
.
Special note :
Clerical office and outside
				  sales employees may be reported separately provided all the conditions of the
				  general reporting rules covering standard exception employees have been
				  met.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100, and
				  Title
				  51 RCW. 09-20-039, §
				  296-17A-6306, filed 9/30/09, effective 1/1/10. 07-01-014, recodified as §
				  296-17A-6306, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100. 06-12-075, §
				  296-17-701, filed 6/6/06, effective 7/7/06; 05-12-031, § 296-17-701, filed
				  5/24/05, effective 7/1/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-701,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-701, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-701, filed 11/27/85,
				  effective 1/1/86; 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-701, filed 2/28/85,
				  effective 4/1/85; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-701, filed 11/30/83,
				  effective 1/1/84; Order 76-36, § 296-17-701, filed 11/30/76; Order 75-38,
				  § 296-17-701, filed 11/24/75, effective 1/1/76; Order 73-22, §
				  296-17-701, filed 11/9/73, effective
				  1/1/74.