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• About SOC

  SOC code reporting required In 2019, the Washington State Legislature passed a law requiring employers to report SOC codes or job titles in their quarterly reports for unemployment insurance. Both taxable and reimbursable employers need to report SOC codes or job titles. Reporting SOC codes does not affect your tax rates. Provide a SOC code or job title for each employee in your unemployment insurance tax reports. Otherwise, there may be a penalty. This starts with reports...

• Governor's Employer Awards

  (back to GCDE home) Governor’s Employer Awards program About the awards Recognizes and promotes the achievements of employers, organizations and individuals who have improved employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Each year, nominations begin in May and run through the summer.  Read the brochure for more information. Employer of the Year Includes private, nonprofit, public and youth employers. Direct Support Professional Award A...

• 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...

• Benefits debit card information

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  Information you'll receive with your benefits debit card We are required to provide you with the following disclosure relating to the Key Bank debit card program prior to completing your application: -- -- When you choose to receive your unemployment benefits by debit card, here's what you will receive in your Welcome Packet: Example of the debit card mailing envelope Example of what your debit card will look like Debit card...

• Employer tax fraud

  Employer tax fraud Businesses that do not register with the state and pay their fair share of taxes gain an unfair competitive advantage over other businesses because their operating costs are lower. Not only is this unfair to honest businesses, it is unfair to workers who are denied the safety net of unemployment benefits if they lose their jobs.   Note: If you believe someone has applied for unemployment benefits using your information, that's a crime! Report it on the&#160...

• Labor Market Information flyers and brochures library

   Workforce labor market information (LMI) flyers and brochures This is where you will find flyers and brochures on labor market information that show how to use our products, services and tools that are tailored for the employer, job seeker, student, youth, veteran, justice involved individual, researcher, educator, counselor, policy maker and many more. Here you will also find hot topics such as the "Urban versus Rural" brochure showing post recession...

• Determining your tax rates

  Determining your tax rates   Washington's Unemployment Insurance program is an experience-based system. In general, your tax rate depends on how much your former workers collect in unemployment benefits and the size of your payroll. There are two major components of state unemployment taxes, an experience-rating tax based on an average of the employer's layoff history over the past four fiscal years and a shared-cost (social) tax based on costs from...

• Employer resources webinar series

  Employer resources webinar series Program overview  (Time length: 2:30 min)   &#160...

• Employer taxes forms and publications

  Unemployment taxes forms and publications   Unemployment tax, payment and refund forms Amended tax and wage report (PDF, 138K)  Payment coupon (PDF, 30KB) Refund request form (Claim for refund) EMS 5227 (PDF, 26KB) Request TAX method payment (PDF, 137 KB) Request a tax penalty waiver form (online form) Voluntary election (PDF, 37 KB) Work Opportunity Tax Credit prescreen form 8850 (PDF, 248KB) Work Opportunity...

• WAC 192-320-070 What conditions apply for relief of benefit charges due to a voluntary quit? (RCW 50.29.021.)

  WAC 192-320-070 What conditions apply for relief of benefit charges due to a voluntary quit? (RCW 50.29.021.) Description This rulemaking will update the Department’s rule on relief of benefit charges to reflect the current statutory language in RCW 50.29.021. The rule currently contains outdated language and does not accurately reflect the statute as it relates to benefits that are not charged, benefits that are charged, and benefits that are eligible for relief of charges. This...