Effect on unions seeking to maintain union employer status if verification requirement is not met.
(1) A union employer which does not verify that it meets the criteria for union employer status shall not report any employee hired during that succeeding calendar year for retirement system participation. A union employee who previously terminated retirement system membership under RCW
41.40.150 cannot reestablish retirement system membership during a year the hiring union failed to maintain union employer status.
(2) The failure of a union employer to meet the requirements of WAC
415-108-620 and
415-108-630 will not terminate the retirement system participation of employees already employed in an eligible position with the union employer as of December 31 of the preceding year.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
41.50.050(5) and
41.40.010 (4)(a). WSR 93-11-077, ยง 415-108-650, filed 5/18/93, effective 6/18/93.]