EXPEDITED ADOPTION
Title of Rule: Posting of notices by employers.
Purpose: To designate to employers which notices are required to be posted at their place(s) of business where employees might see and read them.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 50.12 RCW.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 50.20.140.
Summary: To revise the rule to promote clarity and delete any archaic language. This rule is being rewritten and renumbered.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: To comply with Governor Locke's Executive Order 97-02.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: George Mante, 212 Maple Park, Olympia, WA, (360) 902-9642; Implementation and Enforcement: Dale Ziegler, 212 Maple Park, Olympia, WA, (360) 902-9303.
Name of Proponent: Employment Security Department, UI Division, Unemployment Insurance Tax Administration, P.O. Box 9046, Olympia, WA 98507-9046, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: The major change to this rule involves renumbering, rewording and deleting archaic language. This rule should read better to the general public. It tells employers which notices have to be posted for employees to read for unemployment insurance purposes - especially tax.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: The existing rule is repealed. The new
rule is being renumbered in accordance with Executive Order 97-02 and the department's new
easier system for identifying rules for all users. There are no substantive change to the previous
rule.
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE ADOPTED USING AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS RULE BEING ADOPTED USING THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO George Mante, Employment Security Department, UI Tax Administration, P.O. Box 9046, Olympia, WA 98507-9046 , AND RECEIVED BY August 21, 1999.
June 9, 1999
Carver Gayton
Commissioner
(Relating to RCW 50.20.140). Employers who are responsible for unemployment insurance coverage of their employees must post and maintain printed notices to individuals who are employed by the employer. These notices inform the individual that this employer is liable for taxes under the Employment Security Act.
(1) The notices provide information to individuals who may be unemployed about how to register for work, file claims for benefits, and rights to benefits. The notices are to be posted in conspicuous places close to the actual location where the personal services are performed.
(2) The department will provide notices to employers.
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The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
| WAC 192-12-100 | Posting of notices by employers. |
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.