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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 743

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Patrick, Chandler, Ballard, Isaacson, G. Nelson, Walker, Prince, Dobbs, Sanders, Brooks, Hastings, Silver, Fuhrman, S. Wilson, van Dyke, Barrett, Nealey, J. Williams, Lewis, Barnes, Van Luven, Padden, Betrozoff and Bond

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to labor dispute disqualifications for unemployment compensation; and amending RCW 50.20.090.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 77, chapter 35, Laws of 1945 as amended by section 12, chapter 8, Laws of 1953 ex. sess. and RCW 50.20.090 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) An individual shall be disqualified for benefits for any week with respect to which the commissioner finds that ((his)) the individual's unemployment is due to a ((stoppage of work which exists because of a)) labor dispute at the factory, establishment, or other premises at which ((he)) the individual is or was last employed((:  PROVIDED, That)).

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply if it is shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner that:

          (((1) he)) (a) The individual is not participating in or financing or directly interested in the labor dispute ((which caused the stoppage of work; and

          (2) he)), and the individual does not belong to a grade or class of workers of which, immediately before the commencement of the ((stoppage)) labor dispute, there were members employed at the premises at which the ((stoppage)) labor dispute occurs, any of whom are participating in or financing or directly interested in the dispute((:  PROVIDED, That)); or

(b) The labor dispute has been settled by the negotiating parties, or the labor organization has provided written notice to the employer that the labor dispute is terminated.

(3) For the purposes of this section, if in any case separate branches of work which are commonly conducted as separate businesses in separate premises are conducted in separate departments of the same premises, each such department shall((, for the purpose of this subdivision,)) be deemed to be a separate factory, establishment, or other premises.