RCW 50.12.190 Employment stabilization. The commissioner shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment; to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining and vocational guidance; to investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the establishment and operation by municipalities, counties, school districts, and the state, of reserves for […]
RCW 50.12.200 State advisory council—Committees and councils. (1) The commissioner shall appoint a state advisory council composed of not more than nine men and women, of which three shall be representatives of employers, three shall be representatives of employees, and three shall be representatives of the general public. Such council shall aid the commissioner in […]
RCW 50.12.210 Employment services for persons with disabilities—Report to legislative committees. It is the policy of the state of Washington that persons with disabilities shall be given equal opportunities in employment. The legislature recognizes that persons with disabilities have faced unfair discrimination in employment. For these reasons, the state employment service division of the employment […]
RCW 50.12.220 Penalties for late reports or contributions—Warning—Assessment—Waiver—Appeal. (1) If an employer fails to file a timely report as required by RCW 50.12.070, or the rules adopted pursuant thereto, the employer is subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars per violation, unless the penalty is waived by the commissioner or subsection (2)(c) of this section […]
RCW 50.12.230 Job skills training program—Department’s duties. See RCW 28C.04.400 through 28C.04.420.
RCW 50.12.235 Washington conservation corps—Department’s duties. See chapter 43.220 RCW.
RCW 50.12.240 On-the-job training—Employer qualifications established by rule. The commissioner may establish by rule qualifications for employers who agree to provide on-the-job training for new employees. [ 1985 c 299 § 2.]
RCW 50.12.245 Cooperation with workforce training and education coordinating board. The commissioner shall cooperate with the workforce training and education coordinating board in the conduct of the board’s responsibilities under RCW 28C.18.060 and shall provide information and data in a format that is accessible to the board. [ 1991 c 238 § 80.]
RCW 50.12.250 Information clearinghouse to assist in employment of persons of disability. The employment security department shall establish an information clearinghouse for use by persons of disability and governmental and private employers. The services of the clearinghouse shall include: (1) Provision of information on private and state services available to assist persons of disability in […]
RCW 50.12.252 Information clearinghouse—Consultation on establishment. In establishing the information clearinghouse, the employment security department shall consult with organizations of private sector employers and persons of disability. [ 1987 c 369 § 3.] NOTES: Legislative finding—1987 c 369: See note following RCW 50.12.250.
RCW 50.12.290 Printed materials—Department’s duties. When an employer initially files a business license application under chapter 19.02 RCW for the purpose, in whole or in part, of registering to pay unemployment insurance taxes, the employment security department must send to the employer any printed material the department recommends or requires the employer to post. Any […]
RCW 50.12.300 Professional employer organizations—Reports and records. (1) A professional employer organization must register with the department and ensure that its client employers are registered with the department as provided in RCW 50.12.070. (2) By September 1, 2007, the professional employer organization shall provide the department with: (a) The names, addresses, unified business identifier numbers, […]
RCW 50.12.310 Professional employer organizations—Revocation of authority to act as coemployer. A professional employer organization’s authority to act as a coemployer for purposes of this title may be revoked by the department when it determines that the professional employer organization has substantially failed to comply with the requirements of RCW 50.12.300. [ 2007 c 146 […]
RCW 50.12.320 Labor market research—High-demand green industries—Middle or high-wage occupations. The employment security department, in consultation with the *department, the workforce board, and the **leadership team must take the following actions: (1) Conduct and update labor market research on a biennial basis to analyze the current public and private labor market and projected job growth […]
RCW 50.12.330 Domestic violence employment poster. (1) The department shall create an employment poster regarding domestic violence. The poster shall include space in which an employer shall provide the name or names of community resources regarding domestic violence. The employer shall post the poster and keep it posted in a conspicuous place where other required […]
RCW 50.12.340 Report to legislature. By November 1, 2026, the employment security department, in coordination with the workforce training and education coordinating board, shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature and the governor on how the standard occupational classification or job title data required to be reported under RCW 50.12.070 has been used […]
RCW 50.12.350 Use of social security numbers in correspondence with third parties. (1) For the purposes of preventing fraud and protecting personal privacy, the employment security department shall examine its current practices in which it discloses the full social security numbers of persons in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties. (2) If the disclosure of […]
RCW 50.12.355 Report—Unemployment trust fund—Minimum weekly benefit increase—Wages subject to tax. (Expires January 31, 2026.) (1) By December 1, 2021, and annually thereafter until December 1, 2025, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the department must report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature on the following: (a) Status of the unemployment […]
RCW 50.12.360 Unemployment insurance claim adjudicator training program—Report. (1) The employment security department must create a training program to prepare a reserve force of skilled unemployment insurance claim adjudicators who can be available quickly when claims volume demands. (2) The program must: (a) Be open to both state and other public employees and private citizens; […]
RCW 50.12.365 Plain language required for letters, alerts, and notices. (1) The department must designate department employees to assure that letters, alerts, and notices produced manually or by the department’s unemployment insurance technology system are written in plainly understood language and tested on claimants before they are approved for use. Criteria for approval must include […]
