5041-S.E AMH REEV LEON 190
ESSB 5041 - H AMD 1089
By Representative Reeves
ADOPTED 04/12/2025
On page 2, after line 31, insert the following:
"(4) If benefits are issued as a result of strike under this section, the department shall notify the separating employer of the mediation services available through the public employment relations commission."
On page 9, after line 29, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. A new section is added to chapter 49.08 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Where referral to publicly-supported dispute resolution services through the federal mediation and conciliation service or other applicable federal agency is impracticable or where those services are unavailable due to federal staffing or funding reductions, the public employment relations commission may charge private sector employers and labor organizations a fee for covering the costs of services provided under this chapter.
(2) Fees collected under this section must be deposited into the private sector labor dispute resolution account under section 8 of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. A new section is added to chapter 49.08 RCW to read as follows:
The private sector labor dispute resolution account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All fees collected under section 7 of this act must be deposited into the account. The executive director of the public employment relations commission may authorize expenditures from the account solely for the administration, staffing, and other related expenses of private sector labor dispute resolution services under this chapter. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. RCW 49.08.060 (Tender on exhaustion of available funds) and 1903 c 58 s 6 are each repealed."
Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.
On page 9, line 30, after "7." strike "This act takes" and insert "Sections 1 through 6 of this act take"
| EFFECT: Requires the Employment Security Department (ESD) to notify a separating employer of mediation services available through the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) in instances where the ESD has issued benefits as a result of a labor strike. Allows the PERC to charge a fee for covering the costs of private sector labor dispute resolution services where referring private sector employers and labor organizations to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or other applicable federal agency is impracticable or where those services are unavailable due to federal staffing or funding reductions. Requires those fees to be deposited into a nonappropriated account. Allows the Executive Director of the PERC to authorize expenditures from the account solely for the administration, staffing, and other related expenses of private sector labor dispute resolution activities. Repeals an outdated provision pertaining to funding for private sector labor dispute resolution services. Provides that the provisions pertaining to the PERC take effect 90 days after the adjournment of the legislative session.
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