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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1771

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Wang, Jones, Sayan and R. King; by request of Employment Security Department

Read first time 1/25/88 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to actions of the employment security department; and adding a new section to chapter 50.32 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 50.32 RCW to read as follows:

          Any finding, determination, conclusion, declaration, or final order made by the commissioner, or his or her representative or delegate, or by an appeal tribunal, administrative law judge, reviewing officer, or other agent of the department for the purposes of Title 50 RCW, shall not be conclusive, nor binding, nor admissible as evidence in any separate action outside the scope of Title 50 RCW  between an individual and the individual's present or prior employer before an arbitrator, court, or judge of this state or the United States, regardless of whether the prior action was between the same or related parties or involved the same facts or was reviewed pursuant to RCW 50.32.120.