RCW 50.04.100
Employment.
"Employment", subject only to the other provisions of this title, means personal service, of whatever nature, unlimited by the relationship of master and servant as known to the common law or any other legal relationship, including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract calling for the performance of personal services, written or oral, express or implied.
Except as provided by RCW 50.04.145, personal services performed for an employing unit by one or more contractors or subcontractors acting individually or as a partnership, which do not meet the provisions of RCW 50.04.140, shall be considered employment of the employing unit: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That such contractor or subcontractor shall be an employer under the provisions of this title in respect to personal services performed by individuals for such contractor or subcontractor.
[ 1982 1st ex.s. c 18 § 14; 1945 c 35 § 11; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-150. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 13; 1941 c 253 § 14; 1939 c 214 § 19; 1937 c 162 § 19.]
NOTES:
Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1982 1st ex.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 50.12.200.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation
50.04.020 - Base year—Alternative base year.
50.04.065 - Common paymaster or pay agent.
50.04.073 - Contributions—As including "payments in lieu of contributions"—Scope.
50.04.075 - Dislocated worker.
50.04.110 - Employment—Situs of service.
50.04.115 - Employment—Out-of-state service, election.
50.04.116 - Employment—Out-of-state service, when included—"American employer" defined.
50.04.120 - Employment—Localized service.
50.04.140 - Employment—Exception tests.
50.04.145 - Employment—Exclusions.
50.04.148 - Employment—Services performed by musician or entertainer.
50.04.150 - Employment—Agricultural labor.
50.04.152 - Employment—Farm internship program.
50.04.155 - Service performed in agricultural labor for farm operator or crew leader.
50.04.160 - Employment—Domestic service.
50.04.165 - Employment—Corporate officers—Election of coverage—Notification.
50.04.170 - Employment—Maritime service—Exceptions.
50.04.180 - Family employment.
50.04.205 - Services performed by aliens.
50.04.206 - Employment—Nonresident alien.
50.04.210 - Employment—Foreign governmental service.
50.04.220 - Employment—Service covered by federal act.
50.04.223 - Employment—Massage therapist.
50.04.225 - Employment—Barber and cosmetology services.
50.04.232 - Employment—Travel services.
50.04.235 - Employment—Outside salesperson paid by commission.
50.04.240 - Employment—Newspaper vendor, carrier, or delivery person.
50.04.246 - Employment—Amateur sports officials.
50.04.248 - Employment—Third-party payer.
50.04.255 - Employment—Appraisal practitioner services.
50.04.265 - Employment—Indian tribes.
50.04.270 - Employment—Casual labor.
50.04.275 - Employment—Small performing arts.
50.04.280 - Employment—"Pay period" determination.
50.04.290 - Employment office.
50.04.294 - Misconduct—Gross misconduct.
50.04.295 - Payments in lieu of contributions.
50.04.298 - Professional employer organizations—Coemployment—Covered employee.
50.04.299 - Public health emergency.
50.04.320 - Wages, remuneration.
50.04.330 - Wages, remuneration—Retirement and disability payments excepted.
50.04.335 - Wages, remuneration—Stock transfers excepted.
50.04.340 - Wages, remuneration—Death benefits excepted.
50.04.350 - Wages, remuneration—Excepted payments.
50.04.900 - Construction—Title applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.