Date of Adoption: September 24, 1999.

Purpose: Removes prior exemptions from requirements to report new hires under RCW 26.23.040. Allows employer to comply with reporting requirements by filing a completed copy of the employee's W-4 form.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-14-490.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 26.23.040.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-17-052 on August 13, 1999.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

September 24, 1999

Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

(1) ((In addition to the exemptions established under)) RCW 26.23.040((, the employers assigned the following standard industrial classification (SIC) codes are exempt from the requirements of the employer reporting program as authorized under chapter 26.23 RCW:

(a) SIC code 7363, temporary services;

(b) SIC code 8011, offices and clinics of medical doctors;

(c) SIC code 8021, offices and clinics of dentists;

(d) SIC code 8031, offices of osteopath physicians;

(e) SIC code 8041, offices and clinics of chiropractors;

(f) SIC code 8042, offices and clinics of optometrists;

(g) SIC code 8043, offices and clinics of podiatrists;

(h) SIC code 8049, offices of health practitioners;

(i) SIC code 8071, medical laboratories;

(j) SIC code 8072, dental laboratories; and

(k) SIC code 8092, kidney dialysis centers)) requires all employers doing business in the state of Washington to comply with the employer reporting requirements regarding new hires.

(2) The minimum information that must be reported is the employee's name, date of birth, social security number and date of hire.

(3) An employer who submits a copy of the employee's completed W-4 form complies with the filing requirements of RCW 26.23.040(3).

(4) An employer may choose to voluntarily report the other statutory elements.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 26.23.040.  92-13-026 (Order 3403), § 388-14-490, filed 6/9/92, effective 7/10/92.]

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