RCW 50.12.190
Employment stabilization.
The commissioner shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment; to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining and vocational guidance; to investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the establishment and operation by municipalities, counties, school districts, and the state, of reserves for public works to be used in times of business depression and unemployment; to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout the state in every other way that may be feasible; and to these ends to carry and publish the results of investigations and research studies.
[ 1945 c 35 § 58; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 9998-197. Prior: 1943 c 127 § 8; 1941 c 253 § 8; 1939 c 214 § 9; 1937 c 162 § 11.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation
Chapter 50.12 - Administration.
50.12.010 - Commissioner's duties and powers.
50.12.020 - Personnel appointed by commissioner.
50.12.031 - Personnel board—Travel expenses of board.
50.12.040 - Rule-making authority.
50.12.042 - Rules—2003 2nd sp.s. c 4.
50.12.050 - Reciprocal benefit arrangements.
50.12.060 - Reciprocal coverage arrangements.
50.12.080 - Arbitrary reports.
50.12.090 - Interstate use of employing unit records.
50.12.100 - Compulsory production of records and information.
50.12.120 - Protection against self-incrimination.
50.12.140 - Destruction of office records.
50.12.150 - Representation by attorney general.
50.12.160 - Publication of title, rules and regulations, etc.
50.12.170 - Services and fees of sheriffs.
50.12.180 - State-federal cooperation.
50.12.190 - Employment stabilization.
50.12.200 - State advisory council—Committees and councils.
50.12.210 - Employment services for persons with disabilities—Report to legislative committees.
50.12.220 - Penalties for late reports or contributions—Warning—Assessment—Waiver—Appeal.
50.12.230 - Job skills training program—Department's duties.
50.12.235 - Washington conservation corps—Department's duties.
50.12.240 - On-the-job training—Employer qualifications established by rule.
50.12.245 - Cooperation with workforce training and education coordinating board.
50.12.250 - Information clearinghouse to assist in employment of persons of disability.
50.12.252 - Information clearinghouse—Consultation on establishment.
50.12.290 - Printed materials—Department's duties.
50.12.300 - Professional employer organizations—Reports and records.
50.12.310 - Professional employer organizations—Revocation of authority to act as coemployer.
50.12.320 - Labor market research—High-demand green industries—Middle or high-wage occupations.
50.12.330 - Domestic violence employment poster.
50.12.340 - Report to legislature.
50.12.350 - Use of social security numbers in correspondence with third parties.
50.12.355 - Report—Unemployment trust fund—Minimum weekly benefit increase—Wages subject to tax.
50.12.360 - Unemployment insurance claim adjudicator training program—Report.
50.12.365 - Plain language required for letters, alerts, and notices.