RCW 50.13.015 Information held private and confidential—Requests for disclosure. (1) If information provided to the department by another governmental agency is held private and confidential by state or federal laws, the department may not release such information. (2) Information provided to the department by another governmental entity conditioned upon privacy and confidentiality is to be […]
RCW 50.13.020 Information or records deemed private and confidential—Exceptions. Any information or records concerning an individual or employing unit obtained by the employment security department pursuant to the administration of this title shall be private and confidential, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. This chapter does not create a rule of evidence. Information or […]
RCW 50.13.030 Rules. The commissioner shall have the authority to adopt, amend, or rescind rules interpreting and implementing the provisions of this chapter. [ 2019 c 81 § 2; 2005 c 274 § 320; 1977 ex.s. c 153 § 3.]
RCW 50.13.040 Access of individual or employing unit to records and information. (1) An individual shall have access to all records and information concerning that individual held by the employment security department, unless the information is exempt from disclosure under RCW 42.56.410. (2) An employing unit shall have access to its own records and to […]
RCW 50.13.050 Access to records or information by interested party in proceeding before appeal tribunal or commissioner—Decisions not private and confidential, exception. (1) Any interested party, as defined by rule, in a proceeding before the appeal tribunal or commissioner shall have access to any information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter if […]
RCW 50.13.060 Access to records or information by governmental agencies. (1) Unless otherwise required by federal law, only state and local governmental agencies and federally recognized Indian tribes as defined in Title 26 U.S.C. Sec. 3306(u) of the federal unemployment tax act may have access to information or records deemed private and confidential under this […]
RCW 50.13.070 Availability of records or information to parties to judicial or administrative proceedings—Discovery proceedings—Subpoenas. Information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter shall be available to parties to judicial or formal administrative proceedings only upon a written finding by the presiding officer that the need for the information or records in the […]
RCW 50.13.080 Disclosure of records or information to private persons or organizations contracting to assist in operation and management of department—Penalties. (1) The employment security department shall have the right to disclose information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter to any private person or organization when such disclosure is necessary to permit […]
RCW 50.13.090 Disclosure of records or information to contracting governmental or private organizations. Where the employment security department contracts to provide services to other governmental or private organizations, the department may disclose to those organizations information or records deemed private and confidential which have been acquired in the performance of the department’s obligations under the […]
RCW 50.13.100 Disclosure of records or information where identifying details deleted or individual or employing unit consents. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the disclosure of information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter if all details identifying an individual or employing unit are deleted so long as the information or records cannot […]
RCW 50.13.110 Disclosure of confidential information—Duty to prevent—Prohibition—Penalties—Exemptions. (1) All private persons, governmental agencies, and organizations authorized to receive information from the employment security department under this chapter have an affirmative obligation to take all reasonable actions necessary that are designed to prevent the disclosure of confidential information. (2) The disclosure of any records or […]
RCW 50.13.120 Administration and oversight of this chapter—Agency privacy officer—Report to governor and legislature. (1) The employment security department shall designate an agency privacy officer to oversee the administration of this chapter and chapter 50A.25 RCW. In coordination with the state office of privacy and data protection, the agency privacy officer must: (a) Develop an […]
RCW 50.13.130 Application to information obtained by the employment security department under Title 50A RCW. Except for RCW 50.13.120, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to information obtained by the employment security department under Title 50A RCW. [ 2019 c 81 § 11.]
RCW 50.13.900 Construction. Any ambiguities in this chapter shall be construed in a manner consistent with federal laws applying to the employment security department. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof is held invalid by a final decision of any court or declared by the secretary of the department of labor of […]
