(1) If an employee who is exempt from premiums under a conditional waiver works eight hundred twenty hours in any period of four consecutive quarters, the waiver will be determined to have expired.
(2) Upon expiration of a conditional premium waiver, the department will assess and notify:
(a) The employer of all the owed employer premiums; and
(b) The employee of all the owed employee premiums.
(3) Payment will be due upon receipt of the assessment.
(4) Failure to pay the assessment by the required date will result in the accrual of interest under RCW
50A.45.025.
(5) Upon payment of the employee premiums, the employee will be credited for the hours worked and will be eligible for benefits under Title
50A RCW as if the premiums were originally paid.
(6) Nothing in this section prevents the employer from paying part or all of the employee's share of the premiums.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 50A.05.60 [50A.05.060] and
50A.25.030. WSR 20-01-087, § 192-510-085, filed 12/12/19, effective 1/12/20. Statutory Authority: RCW
50A.04.215. WSR 19-08-016, § 192-510-085, filed 3/22/19, effective 4/22/19.]