PDFWAC 296-17A-1303

Classification 1303.

1303-00 Telecommunication service providers - All other employees
Applies to:
All other employees of businesses providing telecommunications services that enable subscribers or customers to converse or transmit coded data, not covered by another classification (N.O.C.).
Classification 1303 is usually assigned with classification 1304 for the business's administrative, office, and sales personnel. Employers must keep records that permit the department to confirm hours worked in each classification. When employers do not or cannot keep these records, they must report all hours in question in the classification with the higher rate.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Clearing right of ways;
• Extension and maintenance of lines (including poles, towers, and underground lines);
• Installation, maintenance, and repair of machinery and equipment;
• Installing telephones and wiring in buildings;
• Making service connections when done by employees of an employer having operations subject to this classification.
Machinery and equipment used includes, but is not limited to:
• Antennae;
• Central control and switching center equipment;
• Computers;
• Cranes;
• Forklifts;
• Hand tools;
• Relays;
• Vehicles;
• Warehouse equipment.
Exclusions:
• Worker hours for clerical office, exchange operators, and administrative personnel of businesses providing telecommunications services are reported separately in classification 1304;
• Contractors engaged in underground line construction, maintenance, or repair are classified in 0107;
• Contractors engaged in overhead line, pole, and tower construction, maintenance, or repair are classified in 0509;
• Contractors engaged in wiring within buildings and making pole-to-house hook-ups are classified in 0608;
• Contractors engaged in the installation or contract maintenance of machinery or equipment are classified in 0603;
• Businesses primarily engaged in selling telephone equipment retail are classified in 6411.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 23-23-155, § 296-17A-1303, filed 11/21/23, effective 1/1/24; WSR 18-11-113, § 296-17A-1303, filed 5/22/18, effective 7/1/18; WSR 17-11-120, § 296-17A-1303, filed 5/23/17, effective 7/1/17. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-1303, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-540, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 96-12-039, § 296-17-540, filed 5/31/96, effective 7/1/96; WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-540, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-540, filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; WSR 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-540, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; WSR 82-24-047 (Order 82-38), § 296-17-540, filed 11/29/82, effective 1/1/83; Order 73-22, § 296-17-540, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.]