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• You Quit

  Unemployment benefits if you quit your job Can you get benefits if you quit your job? It depends. We'll decide if you are eligible for unemployment benefits based on the facts about your job loss. You may qualify for unemployment benefits if we decide you quit for the following good-cause reasons: You quit to take another job. You became sick or disabled, or a member of your family became sick, disabled or died, and it was necessary for you to quit work. You moved to be with your spouse or...

• ESD community partners

  Helping others in your community Do you work with Washingtonians who need support accessing ESD's benefits and services? This page includes resources designed to help nonprofits and community partners who are helping people with limited English proficiency, disabilities, limited internet or other access needs.   On this pageCore services and benefits at ESD   |  Free educational webinars  |  Community...

• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)

  Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Find layoff and closure information on Washington State employers. Generally, the WARN Act requires companies with 100 or more employees to notify affected workers 60 days prior to closures and layoffs. Read the WARN requirements. WARN data includes: Name of the employer Business location Number of affected workers Type (layoff or closure) Effective date of layoff or closure. The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training...

• UI Benefits rulemaking

  Unemployment Insurance Benefits Rules    Rules under development Benefit Charging Reinstating Withdrawn Appeals Corporate officer clean-up Conditional payments Public Health Emergencies Failure to respond Transportation Network Companies Officers of Employee-Owned Cooperatives Standard occupational classification reporting for federally recognized tribes Expanding good cause for voluntarily quitting employment Public Records Procedures...

• SEAP approved providers

  Self-Employment Assistance Program (SEAP) approved providers This directory contains all of the training providers whose programs are currently approved for use by SEAP participants. You can find programs that are offered statewide (usually through online training), as well as providers who offer training in your county or neighboring counties. Some providers may have income eligibility requirements or other requirements you must meet to participate in their training programs. Once you...

• You were injured

  Unemployment benefits for injured workers You are not eligible for unemployment benefits during any period that you are not able and available for work.  If you were injured on the job If you're unable to work because of a workplace injury, contact the Department of Labor & Industries about workers' compensation benefits. When you're able to work again, if you can't return to your previous employer, you may be eligible for unemployment benefits using a temporary...

• Supply/demand report

  Supply/demand report The labor market supply/demand report (Excel file) provides a gap analysis for detailed occupations along with comparisons of online job postings and Employment Security Department data on unemployment insurance (UI) claimants. The annual version takes into account the number of graduates from colleges and universities entering the workforce as well as the number of UI claimants. Supply-demand report update: In February 2020, Help Wanted OnLine®, the company...

• Corporate officers

  Unemployment benefits for corporate officers Starting the first quarter of 2014, corporate officers of for-profit corporations earning wages in Washington state are exempt from unemployment-insurance coverage unless the corporations voluntarily choose to insure its corporate officers and the Employment Security Department approves the request. Corporate officers still may not be eligible for unemployment benefits if they or their corporate officer family members own 10 percent or more of...

• Expanding good cause for voluntarily quitting employment

  Expanding good cause for voluntarily quitting employment Description The Employment Security Department is engaging in rulemaking to incorporate into the Department’s rules the changes made by House Bill 1106 (2023). House Bill 1106 expanded the good cause reasons for voluntarily quitting employment set forth in RCW 50.20.050 and updates the employer rate charging requirements set forth in RCW 50.29.021.   Phase 1: The Department updated the definition of family member and...

• Training Benefits eligibility

  Training Benefits eligibility You may be eligible for training benefits if you need job-related training, are eligible for or exhausted your unemployment benefits, and fall into one or more of the following five categories: A dislocated worker who: Was laid off because your employer permanently reduced operations; or Lost your job for a reason for which we allow benefits, and you are unlikely to get the same type of work again because there are few employment opportunities in your type of...