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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4288

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                                                                            C 299 L 85

State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senator Lee

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

AN ACT Relating to unemployment compensation; amending RCW 50.29.020; and adding a new section to chapter 50.12 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 11, chapter 2, Laws of 1970 ex. sess. as last amended by section 7, chapter 205, Laws of 1984 and RCW 50.29.020 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) An experience rating account shall be established and maintained for each employer, except those employers whose employees are covered under chapter 50.44 RCW, based on existing records of the employment security department.  Benefits paid to any eligible individuals shall be charged to the experience rating accounts of each of his employers during his base year in the same ratio that the wages paid by each employer to the individual during the base year bear to the wages paid by all employers to that individual during that base year.

          (2) The legislature finds that certain benefit payments, in whole or in part, should not be charged to the experience rating accounts of employers whose employees are not covered under chapter 50.44 RCW, as follows:

          (a) Benefits paid to any individuals later determined to be ineligible shall not be charged to the experience rating account of any contribution paying employer.

          (b) Benefits paid to an individual under the provisions of RCW 50.12.050 shall not be charged to the account of any contribution paying employer if the wage credits earned in this state by the individual during his base year are less than the minimum amount necessary to qualify the individual for unemployment benefits.

          (c) Benefits paid to an individual filing under the provisions of chapter 50.06 RCW shall not be charged to the experience rating account of any contribution paying employer.

          (d) Benefits paid which represent the state's share of benefits payable under chapter 50.22 RCW shall not be charged to the experience rating account of any contribution paying employer.

          (e) Benefits paid to a claimant who requalifies for benefits under RCW 50.20.050 or 50.20.060 shall not be charged to the experience rating account of the contribution paying employer with whom the disqualifying separation took place.

          (f) Benefits paid to an individual as the result of a determination by the commissioner that no stoppage of work exists, pursuant to RCW 50.20.090, shall not be charged to the experience rating account of any contribution paying employer.

          (g) In the case of individuals identified under RCW 50.20.015, benefits paid with respect to a calendar quarter, which exceed the total amount of wages earned in the state of Washington in the higher of two corresponding calendar quarters included within the individual's determination period, as defined in RCW 50.20.015, shall not be charged to the experience rating account of any contribution paying employer.

(h) Benefits paid to an individual who does not successfully complete an approved on-the-job training program under section 2 of this 1985 act shall not be charged to the experience rating account of the contribution paying employer who provided the approved on-the-job training.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 50.12 RCW to read as follows:

          The commissioner may establish by rule qualifications for employers who agree to provide on-the-job training for new employees.