Description
Currently, WAC 192-150-110 provides guidance on the requirements for establishing good cause to quit work if an individual quits work to relocate for their spouse or domestic partner’s employment that is due to a mandatory military transfer. WAC 192-150-110(3) defines military as including the following: U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, activated reserve members of any of these service branches, activated members of the National Guard, commissioned officers of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and commissioned officers of the regular or reserve corps of the U.S. Public Health Service.
This list of military branches in the WAC does not include U.S. Space Force. Space Force was founded in 2019 and now has over 14,000 military and civilian personnel. Although it is organized under the Department of the Air Force, it is a separate and distinct branch of the armed services. The Department would like to amend WAC 192-150-110 to expand the definition of military so that it explicitly includes all members of the United States Armed Forces.