RCW 51.48.010 Employer’s liability for penalties, injury or disease occurring before payment of compensation secured. Every employer shall be liable for the penalties described in this title and may also be liable if an injury or occupational disease has been sustained by a worker prior to the time he or she has secured the payment […]
RCW 51.48.017 Self-insurer delaying or refusing to pay benefits. (1) Every time a self-insurer unreasonably delays or refuses to pay benefits as they become due, the self-insurer shall pay a penalty not to exceed the greater of one thousand dollars or twenty-five percent of: (a) The amount due or (b) each underpayment made to the […]
RCW 51.48.020 Employer’s false reporting or failure to secure payment of compensation—False information by claimants—Unlawful actions—Penalties. (1)(a) Any employer, who knowingly misrepresents to the department the amount of his or her payroll or employee hours upon which the premium under this title is based, shall be liable to the state for up to ten times […]
RCW 51.48.022 Failure to secure payment of compensation—Stop work order—Penalty—Rules. (1) In addition to the penalties provided by this chapter, an employer performing services that require registration under chapter 18.27 RCW or licensing under chapter 19.28 RCW who violates RCW 51.14.010 may be subject to a stop work order issued under this section. (2) If […]
RCW 51.48.025 Retaliation by employer prohibited—Investigation—Remedies. (1) No employer may discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed or communicated to the employer an intent to file a claim for compensation or exercises any rights provided under this title. However, nothing in this section prevents an employer from taking […]
RCW 51.48.030 Failure to keep records and make reports. (1) Every employer who fails to keep and preserve the records required by this title or fails to make the reports provided in this title shall be subject to a penalty determined by the director but not to exceed five hundred dollars or two hundred percent […]
RCW 51.48.040 Inspection of employer’s records. (1) The books, records and payrolls of the employer pertinent to the administration of this title shall always be open to inspection by the department or its traveling auditor, agent or assistant, for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of the payroll, the persons employed, and such other information […]
RCW 51.48.050 Liability for illegal collections for medical aid. It shall be unlawful for any employer to directly or indirectly demand or collect from any of his or her workers any sum of money whatsoever for or on account of medical, surgical, hospital, or other treatment or transportation of injured workers, other than as specified […]
RCW 51.48.055 Termination, dissolution, or abandonment of business—Personal liability for unpaid premiums. (1) Upon termination, dissolution, or abandonment of a corporate or limited liability company business, any officer, member, manager, or other person having control or supervision of payment and/or reporting of industrial insurance, or who is charged with the responsibility for the filing of […]
RCW 51.48.060 Physician or licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner—Failure to report or comply. Any physician or licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner who fails, neglects or refuses to file a report with the director, as required by this title, within five days of the date of treatment, showing the condition of the injured worker at the […]
RCW 51.48.075 Information and training on premium liability. The department shall, working with business associations and other employer and employee groups when practical, publish information and provide training to promote understanding of the premium liability that may be incurred under this chapter. [ 2004 c 243 § 5.] NOTES: Adoption of rules—2004 c 243: See […]
RCW 51.48.080 Violation of rules. Every person, firm or corporation who violates or fails to obey, observe or comply with any statutory provision of *this act or rule of the department promulgated under authority of this title, shall be subject to a penalty of not to exceed one thousand dollars. [ 2020 c 277 § […]
RCW 51.48.090 Collection. Civil penalties to the state under this title shall be collected by civil action in the name of the state and paid into the accident fund unless a different fund is designated. [ 1961 c 23 § 51.48.090. Prior: (i) 1947 c 247 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7676d, part. […]
RCW 51.48.095 Adjustment for inflation. (1) The penalties payable pursuant to this chapter shall be adjusted for inflation every three years, beginning July 1, 2023, based upon changes in the consumer price index during that time period. (2) For purposes of this section, “consumer price index” means, for any calendar year, that year’s average consumer […]
RCW 51.48.100 Waiver—Penalty-free periods. (1) The director may waive the whole or any part of any penalty charged under this title. (2) Until June 30, 1986: (a) The director may, at his or her discretion, declare a penalty-free period of no more than three months only for employers who have never previously registered under RCW […]
RCW 51.48.103 Engaging in business without certificate of coverage—Unlawful actions—Penalties. (1) It is a gross misdemeanor: (a) For any employer to engage in business subject to this title without having obtained a certificate of coverage as provided for in this title; (b) For the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or other officer of any company […]
RCW 51.48.105 Failure to apply for coverage of employees—Not applicable, when. The penalties provided under this title for failure to apply for coverage for employees as required by the provisions of Title 51 RCW, the worker’s compensation law, shall not be applicable prior to March 1, 1972, as to any employer whose work first became […]
RCW 51.48.110 Decedent having no beneficiaries—Payment into supplemental pension fund. Where death results from the injury or occupational disease and the deceased leaves no beneficiaries, a self-insurer shall pay into the supplemental pension fund the sum of ten thousand dollars, less any amount that the self-insurer paid under RCW 51.32.040(2) as payment due for the […]
RCW 51.48.120 Notice of assessment for default in payments by employer—Issuance—Service—Contents. If any employer should default in any payment due to the state fund the director or the director’s designee may issue a notice of assessment certifying the amount due, which notice shall be served upon the employer by mailing such notice to the employer […]
RCW 51.48.131 Notice of assessment for default in payments by employer—Appeal. A notice of assessment becomes final thirty days from the date the notice of assessment was served upon the employer unless: (1) A written request for reconsideration is filed with the department of labor and industries, or (2) an appeal is filed with the […]
