(1) Written directives.
(a) The commissioner may direct you in writing to schedule a time to report in person for reemployment services. The written directive will contain a deadline by which you must schedule and participate in reemployment services.
(b) If you fail to schedule a time to participate in reemployment services by the deadline, you will be ineligible to receive benefits for the week containing the date of the deadline, unless you show justifiable cause.
(c) If you fail to participate in reemployment services at the time you scheduled, you will be ineligible to receive benefits for the week containing the time you scheduled, unless you show justifiable cause.
(d) The department may verify the reasons you failed to schedule or participate in reemployment services. In all such cases, your ability to work or availability for work may be questioned.
(2) Exceptions. You will not be required to participate in reemployment services if you:
(a) Are a member of a full referral union and are eligible for dispatch and referral according to union rules;
(b) Are attached to an employer as provided in WAC
192-180-005;
(c) Are participating in a training program approved by the commissioner;
(d) Within the previous year have completed, or are currently scheduled for or participating in, similar services;
(e) Are an active registered electrical apprentice in an approved electrical apprenticeship program under chapter
49.04 RCW and chapter
296-05 WAC; or
(f) Are not able to attend due to the closure of the WorkSource office and the department cannot accommodate an alternative method to deliver the reemployment services.
(3) Minimum services. The services will consist of one or more sessions which include, but are not limited to:
(a) Local labor market information;
(b) Available reemployment and training services;
(c) Successful job search attitudes;
(d) Self-assessment of job skills and interests;
(e) Job interview techniques;
(f) The development of a resume or fact sheet; and
(g) The development of a plan for reemployment.
(4) Justifiable cause. Justifiable cause for failure to schedule or participate in reemployment services as directed will include factors specific to you which would cause a reasonably prudent person in similar circumstances to fail to schedule or participate in reemployment services. Justifiable cause includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Your illness or disability or that of a member of your immediate family. "Illness" includes a request from a medical professional, local health official, or the Secretary of Health to be isolated or quarantined as a consequence of an infection from a disease that is the subject of a public health emergency, even if you or your immediate family member have not been actually diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of a public health emergency;
(b) Conflicting employment or your presence at a job interview scheduled with an employer; or
(c) Severe weather conditions.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
50.12.010,
50.12.040,
50.04.030,
50.20.010,
50.20.010 (1)(a), (1)(e) and (1)(c),
50.20.050 (1)(b)(ii) and (2)(b)(ii), and (3),
50.20.240,
50.20.044,
50.22.155 (2)(d), (2)(b)(iv), (2)(b)(i) and (ii),
50.12.220(6),
50.60.030,
50.29.021 (3)(a)(iii), and (5),
50.20.160,
50.20.170,
50.20.190, and
50.20.100. WSR 22-13-007, § 192-140-090, filed 6/2/22, effective 7/3/22. Statutory Authority: RCW
50.12.010,
50.20.010,
50.20.230,
50.20.240, and
50.12.040. WSR 20-10-056, § 192-140-090, filed 4/30/20, effective 7/5/20. Statutory Authority: RCW
50.12.010 and
50.12.040. WSR 19-12-091, § 192-140-090, filed 6/4/19, effective 7/22/19; WSR 16-21-013, § 192-140-090, filed 10/7/16, effective 11/14/16. Statutory Authority: RCW
50.12.010,
50.12.040,
50.12.042. WSR 05-01-076, § 192-140-090, filed 12/9/04, effective 1/9/05.]
