WAC 192-33-006   Dislocated workers in rural natural resources impact areas.  (1) For the purposes of RCW 50.12.270, the term "dislocated workers in rural natural resources impact areas" includes, but is not limited to:

     (a) Dislocated forest products workers as defined in RCW 50.70.010(2) and WAC 192-33-005; and

     (b) Dislocated salmon fishing workers as defined in RCW 50.70.010(4) and WAC 192-33-005.

     (2) These individuals are persons who at the time of last separation from work, for either wages or self-employment, resided in a rural natural resources impact area and who:

     (a) Have been terminated or received notices of termination from employment and are unlikely to return to employment as defined in WAC 192-32-045 in their principal occupation or previous industry because of a diminishing demand for their skills in that occupation or industry; or

     (b) Are self-employed and have been displaced from their business because of diminishing demand for the business's services or goods.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010 and 50.12.040. 98-05-042, § 192-33-006, filed 2/11/98, effective 3/14/98.]