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• Governor lowers 2021-2025 tax rates

  Governor lowers 2021-2025 tax rates   On Feb. 8, 2021, Gov. Inslee signed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill (ESSB) 5061. This bill provides unemployment tax relief for Washington businesses, enhances unemployment support for Washington workers and more. These measures will enhance the state’s ability to respond to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Resources: Tax rate recalculation insert sent to employers in...

• Contact Employment Security

  Contact Employment Security Select a category to be taken to the most helpful contact page:  Employer Unemployed worker Job seeker News reporter   General contact information: Agency headquarters Mailing addressP.O. Box 9046Olympia, WA 98507US Postal Service only. No UPS or FedEx Street address212 Maple Park Ave. SEOlympia, WA 98501-2347Open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - FridayNo US Postal Service delivery. UPS...

• Agency rulemaking

  Agency rulemaking The Employment Security Department invites the public to participate in drafting regulations (also known as rules). You may participate by attending public meetings or hearings, or by providing us with written comments. At the public meetings, you are welcome to give oral comments or just come and listen.  Topics Unemployment Insurance Benefits Unemployment Insurance COVID-19 Response  Long-Term Services and Supports  Unemployment Insurance Taxes Paid Family and...

• Cross-program payment allocation

  Cross-program payment allocation Description Employment Security Department currently runs three programs; State Unemployment Insurance, WA Cares and Paid Family and Medical Leave.  As part of its duties, the Department receives payments from employers for each program. Occasionally, a payment is sent to the Department that does not indicate what program(s) the payment was intended. There are currently no rules addressing how employer payments are allocated across these programs....

• Social Media sites

  Employment Security and WorkSource social-media sites Listed below are the social-media platforms Employment Security, WorkSource offices, the Governor's Committee on Disability Issues & Employment, Paid Family and Medical Leave, and the Washington Service Corps use to keep lines of communication open with their customers, members and staff. Employment Security's main social-media sites Facebook: www.facebook.com/WashingtonESD  Twitter: www.twitter.com/ESDwaWorks...

• Tax center contact information

  Tax center contact information Find phone numbers, email addresses, and physical addresses for points of contact pertaining to a specific topic:  General unemployment tax informationESD Account Management Center (For unemployment insurance information only)PO Box 9046Olympia, WA 98507-9046OlympiaAMC@esd.wa.gov855-829-9243 Paid Family and Medical LeaveWebsite: PaidLeave.wa.govEmail: paidleave@esd.wa.gov  833-717-2273 Bankruptcy noticesP.O. Box...

• Employer resources forms and publications

  Employer resources forms and publications Required workplace posters All posters are designed to be printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper and can be produced in color or black and white. Employers must display required posters where their employees can read them. If you don't have access to a printer, you may request posters be mailed to you by calling 855-829-9243.  Domestic Violence Resources poster Domestic Violence Resources poster in Spanish...

• Transportation Network Companies

  Transportation Network Companies Description The Employment Security Department (Department) is engaging in rulemaking to amend current rules in accordance with the Department’s 2022 report on transportation network companies and to integrate transportation network companies and their drivers into the unemployment insurance system as set forth in SHB 1570 (2023). This rulemaking will cover unemployment insurance only and will not cover paid family and medical leave. More...

• Unemployment insurance tax-rate factors

      Unemployment insurance tax-rate factors High unemployment drives tax rate increases and tax relief The Legislature passed Senate Bill 5061 in 2021, which gives employers some tax relief. Senate Bill 5061 What this bill provides State UI tax relief...

• Citizenship and legal rights

  Citizenship and legal right to work As a condition of eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits, federal regulations require that each claimant declare under penalty of perjury whether he or she is a citizen or national of the U.S. An individual who is not a citizen or national of the U.S. must present alien registration documentation to verify he or she is authorized to work in the U.S. Employment Security Department (ESD) verifies an individual’s immigration...