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PDFWAC 192-320-075

Charges to the separating employerRCW 50.29.021 (1)(c).

(1) If a claimant voluntarily quits work to accept a job with a new employer, 100 percent of benefits paid on the claim will be charged to the new employer when this new employer is the claimant's last employer, a base period employer, and a contribution-paying employer.
(2) If a claimant quits work because of the working conditions listed in this subsection, the employer from whom the separation occurred will be charged for 100 percent of benefits paid on the claim if the employer is the claimant's last employer, a base period employer, and a contribution-paying employer. These working conditions include:
(a) A reduction in the individual's usual compensation of 25 percent or more under WAC 192-150-115;
(b) A reduction in the individual's usual hours of 25 percent or more under WAC 192-150-120;
(c) A change in the work location which caused a substantial increase in distance or difficulty of travel under WAC 192-150-125;
(d) A deterioration in the individual's worksite safety under WAC 192-150-130;
(e) Illegal activities in the individual's worksite under WAC 192-150-135; or
(f) The individual's usual work was changed to work that violates the individual's religious convictions or sincere moral beliefs under WAC 192-150-140.
(3) During a public health emergency, 100 percent of the benefits paid on a claim will be charged to a claimant's last employer if:
(a) The employer is a base-period employer;
(b) The employer is a contribution-paying employer;
(c) The employer is a health care facility as defined in RCW 9A.50.010;
(d) The claimant was directly involved in the delivery of health services; and
(e) The claimant was terminated from work due to entering quarantine because of exposure to or contracting the disease that is the subject of the declaration of the public health emergency.
(4) Benefits based on wages paid by the following entities will not be charged to the experience-rating account of the separating employer as described in subsections (1) and (2) if they were earned:
(a) In another state;
(b) From a local government employer;
(c) From the federal government; or
(d) From any branch of the United States military.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, 50.20.010(5), 50.20.050(3), 50.29.021 (1)(c)(iii), and 9A.50.010. WSR 22-21-093, § 192-320-075, filed 10/17/22, effective 11/17/22. Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, 50.20.010, 50.20.230, 50.20.240, 50.29.021, 50.29.025 and 50.29.062. WSR 21-12-068, § 192-320-075, filed 5/28/21, effective 6/28/21. Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, 50.12.042. WSR 04-23-058, § 192-320-075, filed 11/15/04, effective 12/16/04.]
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