SB 6600 - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/14/00)

     Declares that the reimbursement authorized under this act is as follows:  (1) The employee's accumulated sick leave days will not be reduced for the workdays missed.  The injured worker who qualifies for and receives assault benefits will also receive full standard benefits (vacation leave, sick leave, health insurance, etc.) as if uninjured;

     (2) for an employee covered by chapter 51.32 RCW, for each workday missed for which the employee is not eligible to receive compensation under chapter 51.32 RCW, the employee will receive the full amount of the injured worker's net pay at the time of injury; and

     (3) in respect to workdays missed for which the employee will receive or has received compensation under chapter 51.32 RCW, or under federal maritime law benefits, including the Jones Act, for an employee deemed a maritime employee assigned to work in service of the vessel or a nonmaritime terminal employee covered under chapter 51.32 RCW, the employee will be reimbursed in an amount that, when added to that compensation, will result in the employee receiving no more than full net pay (gross pay less mandatory and voluntary deductions) for the workdays missed.

     Provides that reimbursement under this act may not last longer than three hundred sixty-five consecutive days after the date of the injury.  No application for assault benefits is valid nor may a claim be enforced unless it was made within one year after the day upon which the injury occurred.