The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) updated its rulemaking website
Rules filed November 26, 2024
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Division: Insurance Services (Employer Services)
Topic: Adoption (CR-103) – Industrial Insurance Premium Rates for 2025
Brief Description: The purpose of this rulemaking is to establish premium rates and experience rating parameters for calendar year 2025. L&I adopted a 3.8% overall average premium rate increase to workers’ compensation insurance premium rates beginning January 1, 2024, and adjusting each industry risk classification rate to align with expected losses. Washington law provides that rates should be adjusted annually to reflect the hazards of each industry and in accordance with recognized workers’ compensation insurance principles and to ensure solvency of the accident, medical aid, and supplemental pension funds.
The adoption is also notice that the Director intends to transfer the amount of the accident and medical-aid funds combined that exceed 10% of funded liabilities as required by RCW 51.44.023.
Effective date: January 1, 2025
Additional information about this rulemaking:
CR-103 Adoption
Adoption Language
Concise Explanatory Statement (CES)
Division: Insurance Services (Employer Services)
Topic: Adoption (CR-103) – Transportation Network Companies (TNC) Classification, Premium Rate, and Death Benefit (SHB 2382 Implementation)
Brief Description: The purpose of this rulemaking is to update Chapters 296-17 and 296-17A WAC. This rulemaking adoption creates a new risk classification and premium rate for Transportation Network Companies (TNCs). Since January 1, 2023, TNCs have reported and paid premiums for hours their drivers worked during dispatch and passenger platform time in Classification 1401 with taxis. L&I researched and evaluated the impact of TNCs on Classification 1401 and determined TNCs represent at least 95% of the classification.
L&I also adopted rules to implement Substitute House Bill 2382, Chapter 184, Laws of 2024, which provides for TNC driver death benefits during non-covered times in certain circumstances. The rule adoption creates a rule describing the new benefit and creates an administrative classification to manage death benefit claims meeting the new law’s criteria. Qualifying death benefit claims will be included in the annual rate calculation of the new TNC classification, but will not be included in any one TNC’s experience calculation.
Effective date: January 1, 2025
Additional information about this rulemaking:
CR-103 Adoption
Adoption Language
Concise Explanatory Statement (CES)
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