5915-S.E AMH CL REIN 100

ESSB 5915 - H COMM AMD

By By Committee on Commerce & Labor

ADOPTED 4/4/2007

   Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

   "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 50.12 RCW to read as follows:

   When an employer initially files a master application under chapter 19.02 RCW for the purpose, in whole or in part, of registering to pay unemployment insurance taxes, the employment security department shall send to the employer any printed material the department recommends or requires the employer to post. Any time the printed material has substantive changes in the information, the department shall send a copy to each employer.

   NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.22 RCW to read as follows:

   When an employer initially files a master application under chapter 19.02 RCW for the purpose, in whole or in part, of registering to pay industrial insurance taxes, the department shall send to the employer any printed material the department recommends or requires the employer to post. Any time the printed material has substantive changes in the information, the department shall send a copy to each employer."

   Correct the title.

EFFECT:

Requires the Employment Security Department and the Department of Labor and Industries ("agencies") to send employers printed material that the agencies recommend or require that employers post (rather than only printed material required under Title 50 RCW relating to unemployment compensation and Title 51 relating to industrial insurance).

Deletes requirement that workers provide notices of industrial insurance claim applications to employers within 10 days of receiving medical treatment.