Alerts and updates

Alerts are important, timely information, such as service delays and interruptions. Updates are less timely information about our programs.

All Washington state agencies will be closed for the Veteran's Day holiday on Tuesday, November 11. Weekly unemployment benefit payments may be delayed slightly due to holiday closures that affect banks, credit unions and the U.S. Postal Service.
We are adjusting our phone hours. The change will help customers get paid faster during this time of high demand from unemployment benefits.
Some state and national economic data is unavailable during the federal government shutdown. We will resume publishing the reports that require data collected through federal agencies when the federal government reopens.