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• Request for Separation Information

  Request for Separation Information After a worker applies for unemployment benefits, we send a Request for Separation Information (RSI) to their former employers. Employers must review the worker's job separation information and provide more information as necessary. Employers: If you have signed up for eServices and have access to locked services through EAMS, you can view and respond to RSIs electronically. If you signed up for SIDES , follow...

• Palauan language assistance

  Ngara chelsel tial babier Ngeseo el mo er a chad el diak a urerel | A le harau ludoud el mo er a ulengull (leave) el kirel a tekoi er a telungalek me a ulengull (leave) er a tekoi er a ukeruul | Ureor me a osischeklel a tekoi er a ureor   Ngeseo el mo er a chad el diak a urerel A omoruul a babilngem e moutekangel el omekedong er a 800-410-0758. Ke metir a 29 el kirel a ngeseo el tekoi er Belau (ngar ngii a oleyuid a tekeoi el sebechel ngosukau el di...

• YesVets general FAQ

     General program FAQ  What is YesVets? A Veteran Hiring Campaign created by HB 2040 during the 2015 Legislative Session. Washington State employers are recognized with a YesVets decal once they sign up and hire a veteran. Continued participation is recognized with annual year decals which are displayed next to the YesVets decal. How can employers participate? Sign up using the YesVets application form;   Or contact your nearest Local Veterans Employment...

• Additional PEO information

  PEO information If you are a “professional employer organization” (PEO) that has clients in Washington state, there are laws that affect you. PEOs are businesses that manage human-resource issues, such as workers’ compensation, payroll and unemployment insurance (UI), for other companies. The law now requires you to register with the Employment Security Department and to make sure that your client employers are also registered. If you represent a client employer for UI purposes, you must...

• Jobs with Employment Security

  Jobs with Employment Security You and your work matter here.    Our mission: We contribute to healthy communities by providing people equitable access to resources that improve economic security.    Who We Are At ESD, we provide economic security to the people of Washington every day and in every corner of the state. We help people find jobs, bridge gaps in employment, and provide paid family medical leave. We have a flexible...

• SSN reporting requirements

  SSN reporting requirements Tips for employers about Social Security Numbers Reporting requirements You are responsible for completing the I-9 employment eligibility verification, maintaining complete employment records and keeping them for at least four years after an employee leaves your business. Reporting rules and penalties are established in federal and state law. Important things to remember You must report new employees to the state Department of Social and Health Services&#160...

• 2021 SharedWork Conference

   (en español) Washington State ESD - SharedWork Conference June 8 - June 9, 2021  WIN with SharedWork - a new path forward to economic recovery. Register for free today!      Keynote Speakers       Acting Commissioner Cami FeekEmployment Security Department Michele EvermoreSenior Policy Advisor US Department of Labor   Serilda Summers-McGeePrincipal & Chief Human Resources...

• ESD Layoff Assistance - Employers

  Layoff assistance for employers The Employment Security Department (ESD) is able to assist employees and employers when facing major layoffs or temporary situations that require assistance to maintain the workforce during hard times.  (Go back to ESD layoff assistance homepage)   The information included here is intended to assist employers.  Information for employees can be found on our Layoff assistance for employees page.&#160...

• Dislocated workers/major layoffs FAQ

  Dislocated workers/major layoffs FAQ Q. What’s a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice? Can I be informed about these notices?A. The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to provide workers 60 days’ advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff. In general, employers are covered by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act if they have 100 or more employees and are laying off at least one-third of...

• Professional Employer Organizations

  Professional Employer Organizations A Professional Employer Organization (PEO) is a business that has an agreement with one or more client companies to manage their human resource issues, such as workers’ compensation, payroll and unemployment insurance. PEOs do not include independent contractors, temporary-staffing companies, service referral agencies, third-party payers, labor organizations or common-pay agents.  We have proposed a regulation (rule) to legally define the term...