RCW 51.32.010 Who entitled to compensation. Each worker injured in the course of his or her employment, or his or her family or dependents in case of death of the worker, shall receive compensation in accordance with this chapter, and, except as in this title otherwise provided, such payment shall be in lieu of any […]
RCW 51.32.015 Time and place of coverage—Lunch period. The benefits of Title 51 RCW shall be provided to each worker receiving an injury, as defined therein, during the course of his or her employment and also during his or her lunch period as established by the employer while on the jobsite. The jobsite shall consist […]
RCW 51.32.020 Who not entitled to compensation. If injury or death results to a worker from the deliberate intention of the worker himself or herself to produce such injury or death, or while the worker is engaged in the attempt to commit, or the commission of, a felony, neither the worker nor the widow, widower, […]
RCW 51.32.025 Payments for children cease at age eighteen—Exceptions. Any payments to or on account of any child or children of a deceased or temporarily or totally permanently disabled worker pursuant to any of the provisions of chapter 51.32 RCW shall terminate when any such child reaches the age of eighteen years unless such child […]
RCW 51.32.030 When compensation payable to employer or member of corporate employer. Any sole proprietor, partner, or joint venturer who has requested coverage under this title and who shall thereafter be injured or sustain an occupational disease, shall be entitled to the benefit of this title, as and under the same circumstances and subject to […]
RCW 51.32.040 Protection of awards—Payment after death—Time limitations for filing—Confinement in institution. (1) Except as provided in RCW 43.20B.720, 72.09.111, 74.20A.260, and 51.32.380, no money paid or payable under this title shall, before the issuance and delivery of the payment, be assigned, charged, or taken in execution, attached, garnished, or pass or be paid to […]
RCW 51.32.045 Direct deposit or electronic payment of benefits. Any worker or other recipient of benefits under this title may elect to have any payments due paid by debit card or other electronic means or transferred to such person’s account in a financial institution for either: (1) Credit to the recipient’s account in such financial […]
RCW 51.32.050 Death benefits. (1) Where death results from the injury the expenses of burial not to exceed two hundred percent of the average monthly wage in the state as defined in RCW 51.08.018 shall be paid. (2)(a) Where death results from the injury, a surviving spouse of a deceased worker eligible for benefits under […]
RCW 51.32.055 Determination of permanent disabilities—Closure of claims by self-insurers. (1) One purpose of this title is to restore the injured worker as nearly as possible to the condition of self-support as an able-bodied worker. Benefits for permanent disability shall be determined under the director’s supervision, except as otherwise authorized in subsection (9) of this […]
RCW 51.32.060 Permanent total disability compensation—Personal attendant. (1) When the supervisor of industrial insurance shall determine that permanent total disability results from the injury, the worker shall receive monthly during the period of such disability: (a) If married at the time of injury, sixty-five percent of his or her wages. (b) If married with one […]
RCW 51.32.067 Permanent total disability—Death benefit options—Election. (1) After a worker elects one of the options in (a), (b), or (c) of this subsection, that option shall apply only if the worker dies during a period of permanent total disability from a cause unrelated to the injury, leaving a surviving spouse, child, children, or other […]
RCW 51.32.072 Additional payments for prior pensioners—Children—Remarriage—Attendant. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every surviving spouse and every permanently totally disabled worker or temporarily totally disabled worker, if such worker was unmarried at the time of the worker’s injury or was then married but the marriage was later terminated by judicial action, receiving a […]
RCW 51.32.073 Additional payments for prior pensioners—Premium liability of worker and employer for additional payments. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, each employer shall retain from the earnings of each worker that amount as shall be fixed from time to time by the director, the basis for measuring said amount to […]
RCW 51.32.075 Adjustments in compensation or death benefits. The compensation or death benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for temporary total disability, permanent total disability, or death arising out of injuries or occupational diseases shall be adjusted as follows: (1) On July 1, 1982, there shall be an adjustment for those whose […]
RCW 51.32.080 Permanent partial disability—Specified—Unspecified, rules for classification—Injury after permanent partial disability. (1)(a) Until July 1, 1993, for the permanent partial disabilities here specifically described, the injured worker shall receive compensation as follows: LOSS BY AMPUTATION Of leg above the knee joint with short thigh stump (3″ or less below the tuberosity of ischium). . […]
RCW 51.32.090 Temporary total disability—Partial restoration of earning power—Return to available work—When employer continues wages—Limitations—Finding—Rules. (1) When the total disability is only temporary, the schedule of payments contained in RCW 51.32.060 (1) and (2) shall apply, so long as the total disability continues. (2) Any compensation payable under this section for children not in the […]
RCW 51.32.095 Vocational rehabilitation services—Benefits—Priorities—Allowable costs—Performance criteria. (1) One of the primary purposes of this title is to enable the injured worker to become employable at gainful employment. To this end, the department or self-insurers must utilize the services of individuals and organizations, public or private, whose experience, training, and interests in vocational rehabilitation and […]
RCW 51.32.096 Vocational rehabilitation benefits and options—Advisory committee—Procedures—Requirements—Definitions—Costs. (1) Through the collaboration of the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee established in RCW 51.32.099, certain vocational rehabilitation benefits and options have been identified as permanently needed to support appropriate outcomes for eligible injured workers. To continue the partnership of business and labor with regard to best practices in […]
RCW 51.32.098 Vocational rehabilitation services—Applicability. Nothing in RCW 51.32.095 or in the repeal of chapter 51.41 RCW by section 5, chapter 339, Laws of 1985 shall be construed as prohibiting the completion of vocational rehabilitation plans approved under this title prior to May 16, 1985. Injured workers referred for vocational rehabilitation services under this title, […]
RCW 51.32.099 Vocational rehabilitation pilot program—Vocational plans. (1)(a) The legislature intends to create improved vocational outcomes for Washington state injured workers and employers through legislative and regulatory change under a pilot program for the period of January 1, 2008, through ((June 30, 2016))July 31, 2015. This pilot vocational system is intended to allow opportunities for […]
