RCW 51.08.165 “Posttraumatic stress disorder.” “Posttraumatic stress disorder” means a disorder that meets the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress specified by the American psychiatric association in the diagnostic and statistics manual of mental disorders, fifth edition, or in a later edition as adopted by the department in rule. [ 2018 c 264 § 1.]
RCW 51.08.173 “Self-insurer.” “Self-insurer” means an employer or group of employers which has been authorized under this title to carry its own liability to its employees covered by this title. [ 1983 c 174 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 80.] NOTES: Effective date—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
RCW 51.08.175 “State fund”—”State of Washington industrial insurance fund.” “State fund” means those funds held by the state or any agency thereof for the purposes of this title. The “state of Washington industrial insurance fund” means the department when acting as the agency to insure the industrial insurance obligation of employers. The terms “state fund” […]
RCW 51.08.177 “Successor.” “Successor” means any person to whom a taxpayer quitting, selling out, exchanging, or disposing of a business sells or otherwise conveys, directly or indirectly, in bulk and not in the ordinary course of the taxpayer’s business, a major part of the property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, of the taxpayer. […]
RCW 51.08.178 “Wages”—Monthly wages as basis of compensation—Computation thereof. (1) For the purposes of this title, the monthly wages the worker was receiving from all employment at the time of injury shall be the basis upon which compensation is computed unless otherwise provided specifically in the statute concerned. In cases where the worker’s wages are […]
RCW 51.08.180 “Worker”—Exceptions. (Effective until January 1, 2023.) “Worker” means every person in this state who is engaged in the employment of an employer under this title, whether by way of manual labor or otherwise in the course of his or her employment; also every person in this state who is engaged in the employment […]
RCW 51.08.181 “Worker”—Registered contractor and electrician exclusions. For the purposes of this title, any individual performing services that require registration under chapter 18.27 RCW or licensing under chapter 19.28 RCW for remuneration under an independent contract is not a worker when: (1) The individual has been, and will continue to be, free from control or […]
RCW 51.08.185 “Employee.” “Employee” shall have the same meaning as “worker” when the context would so indicate, and shall include all officers of the state, state agencies, counties, municipal corporations, or other public corporations, or political subdivisions. [ 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 16; 1972 ex.s. c 43 § 4.]
RCW 51.08.195 “Employer” and “worker”—Additional exception. As an exception to the definition of “employer” under RCW 51.08.070 and the definition of “worker” under RCW 51.08.180, services performed by an individual for remuneration shall not constitute employment subject to this title if it is shown that: (1) The individual has been and will continue to be […]
RCW 51.08.900 Construction—Title applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. For the purposes of this title, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships […]
