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HOUSE BILL 1869
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By Representatives Lisk, Cairnes, Horn, Hargrove, L. Thomas and Thompson
Read first time 02/13/95. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to establishing eligibility for unemployment compensation through work referral; and amending RCW 50.20.010.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 50.20.010 and 1981 c 35 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive waiting period credits or benefits with respect to any week in his or her eligibility period only if the commissioner finds that:
(((1))) (a)
He or she has registered for work at, and thereafter has continued to report
at, an employment office in accordance with such regulation as the commissioner
may prescribe, except that the commissioner may by regulation waive or alter
either or both of the requirements of this subdivision as to individuals
attached to regular jobs and as to such other types of cases or situations with
respect to which he or she finds that the compliance with such requirements
would be oppressive, or would be inconsistent with the purposes of this title;
(((2))) (b)
He or she has filed an application for an initial determination and made a
claim for waiting period credit or for benefits in accordance with the
provisions of this title;
(((3))) (c)
He or she is able to work, and is available for work in any trade, occupation,
profession, or business for which he or she is reasonably fitted. To be
available for work an individual must be ready, able, and willing, immediately
to accept any suitable work which may be offered to him and must be actively
seeking work pursuant to customary trade practices and through other methods
when so directed by the commissioner or his agents;
(((4))) (d)
He or she has been unemployed for a waiting period of one week; and
(((5))) (e)
As to weeks beginning after March 31, 1981, which fall within an extended
benefit period as defined in RCW 50.22.010(((1), as now or hereafter amended)),
the individual meets the terms and conditions of RCW 50.22.020, as now or
hereafter amended, with respect to benefits claimed in excess of twenty-six
times the individual's weekly benefit amount.
(2) In establishing requirements under this section, the commissioner may enter into agreements with labor organizations that refer employees for work opportunities pursuant to a collective bargaining contract. The participating labor organizations must keep true and accurate records containing such information regarding work referral as the commissioner may prescribe by rule. Each labor organization's work referral records shall be open to inspection and to being copied by the commissioner or his or her agents at any reasonable time and as often as may be necessary for effective administration of this section. Participating labor organizations shall be audited at least annually for compliance with this section.
(3) An individual's eligibility period for regular benefits shall be coincident to his or her established benefit year. An individual's eligibility period for additional or extended benefits shall be the periods prescribed elsewhere in this title for such benefits.
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