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• June 2020 ESAC meeting materials

  June 2020 ESAC meeting materials Agenda (Word document) Work Search Activities (Word document) ESD Covid-19 Emergency Rules presentation (PowerPoint presentation) Trust Fund Status presentation (PowerPoint presentation...

• Planning for suspension of ESD services

  ESD services resume as scheduled Last updated: June 30, 2017 at 11:15 p.m. Gov. Inslee has signed the 2017–19 state operating budget. For positions funded by the operating budget, all notices for temporary layoff, reduction in work hours and emergency leave without pay are rescinded. State agencies will be open for business Monday, July 3, and state employees funded by the operating budget will be on regular work schedules...

• 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...

• 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...

• Franklin County profile

  Franklin County profile by Ajsa Suljic, regional labor economist - updated June 2022 Overview | Geographic facts | Outlook | Labor force and unemployment | Industry employment | Wages and income | Population | Useful links | PDF Profile copy Overview Regional context Franklin County, named for Benjamin Franklin, was created from Whitman County in 1883. The county is located in southeastern Washington at the convergence of the...

• 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...

• Referral union program

  Referral Union Program Some unions participate in the Referral Union Program. Participation in the program allows union members to count the union dispatch and referral system as fulfilling their job search requirements. Full referral unions maintain out-of-work lists and dispatch eligible members to available jobs. Members of referral unions who are registered and actively seeking work through the union do not have to seek work outside of the union. In order to participate in the program, a...

• Keep complete records

  Keep complete records You must keep the following information on file for each employee (even employees you are not required to report) for at least four years from the date taxes were paid. Name; Social Security number (copy of Social Security card should be kept in the file; Dates of employment; Basis of pay (e.g., hourly, monthly); Location of work; Daily record of hours worked; Gross pay for each pay period; Payroll reductions for each pay period; and; Reason for employee discharge or...

• Rule-making - Hours of Availability

  Hours of availability Description The Department is engaging in rulemaking to adjust the standard for the hours a claimant must be available for work in order to be eligible for unemployment benefits and updating factors used to determine suitable work. Documents CR 101 (WSR 19-11-095 withdrawn) | CR 101 (WSR 19-11-095) - Withdrawal notice | CR 101 | Pre-CR 102 Draft rules | CR 102 | Proposed rule | Preliminary cost-benefit analysis | CR 102...

• Underlying Health Conditions

  Underlying Health Conditions Description In 2021, the Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5061 which, among other things, provides protections for health care workers under certain circumstances. The bill directs the Department to adopt rules concerning good cause to leave work and availability for work for those health care workers during a public health emergency. Documents CR 101  |  Pre-CR 102 Draft Rule  | CR102-Supplemental | Proposed Rules...