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The Washington State Department of Social Security was created by the legislature in 1937 with divisions to manage the state's unemployment benefits and employment offices. [3] It was originally located in the Old Capitol Building in Olympia but outgrew its offices and was later furnished a separate headquarters building in January 1947.
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The Department of Labor and Industries was created by an act of the state legislature in 1921, overseeing industrial insurance, worker safety, and industrial relations. [2] [3] The new agency superseded the Bureau of Labor, created in 1901 to inspect workplaces, and minor state boards and commissions monitoring worker health, safety, and insurance claims.
(The Center Square) - Washington workers will see a larger chunk taken out of their paychecks in 2025 to fund the Paid Family and Medical Leave program. PFML provides paid time off when you have a ...
State law prohibits clients from receiving PFML benefits if they receive UI payments for the same benefit week, but according to SAO, many people have been double-dipping, and ESD didn’t catch ...
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State law determines individual state unemployment insurance tax rates and taxable wage bases. [14] Although FUTA mandates a taxable wage base of $7,000 per employee, only Arizona, California, and Puerto Rico use this minimum as of 2020. [21] The taxable wage base ranges significantly, with Washington using the highest amount of $52,700. [22]
In the United States, there are 50 state unemployment insurance programs plus one each in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands. Though policies vary by state, unemployment benefits generally pay eligible workers as high as US$1,015 in Massachusetts to a low as US$235 per week maximum in Mississippi.