Proposed Rulemaking

Cross-Program Payment Allocation

Stakeholders and Interested Parties,

Employment Security Department currently runs three programs; State Unemployment Insurance, WA Cares, and Paid Family and Medical Leave.  As part of its duties, the Department receives payments from employers for each program. Occasionally, a payment is sent to the Department that does not indicate what program(s) the payment was intended for, and the Department may be unable to reach the employer for clarification. There are currently no rules addressing how employer payments are allocated across programs in these rare situations. Therefore, Employment Security Department is engaging in rulemaking to add rules that will address how payments will be allocated across programs.

We have now filed a proposed rule making and have proposed rule language to share. 

If you would like to submit written comments on the rulemaking, please identify the rulemaking as "Cross-Program Payment Allocation" and send them by June 25, 2024, to [email protected] or to:

Lawrence Larson

Employment Security Department

P.O. Box 9046

Olympia, WA 98507-9046

You may also provide verbal comments in a public hearing via video conference regarding this rulemaking on June 25, 2024, at 9:00 AM PST.

Public Hearing Details 

Date:               June 25, 2024

Time:              9:00 AM PST

Location:        Zoom

Meeting ID: 865 5872 6717

Passcode:  319431

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For more information on all of our rulemaking activities, please visit our agency rulemaking homepage.