WAC 192-150-110   Mandatory military transfers -- RCW 50.20.050 (1)(b)(iii) and (2)(b)(iii).  (1) Any military transfer is considered mandatory if your spouse or domestic partner receives orders from the military to relocate to a new duty station, regardless of whether the transfer is temporary or permanent.

     (2) You may show good cause to quit work if you relocate for your spouse or domestic partner's employment that was due to a mandatory military transfer if:

     (a) Your spouse or domestic partner's new duty station is outside your existing labor market. For claims with an effective date prior to July 2, 2006, the new duty station must be in Washington or another state (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) that allows benefits to individuals who quit work to accompany their military spouse; and

     (b) You continued to work for your previous employer for as long as was reasonable prior to the move.

     (3) For purposes of this section, the term "military" includes the following: U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, activated reserve members of any of these service branches, activated members of the National Guard, commissioned officers of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and commissioned officers of the regular or reserve corps of the U.S. Public Health Service.

     (4) Good cause for quitting work is not established under this section if:

     (a) You quit work to return to your home of record or to another location rather than accompanying your spouse or domestic partner to a new duty location; or

     (b) Your spouse or domestic partner leaves military service and you elect to relocate to your home of record or elsewhere.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, and 34.05.120. 10-01-156, § 192-150-110, filed 12/22/09, effective 1/22/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010 and 50.12.040. 07-22-055, § 192-150-110, filed 11/1/07, effective 12/2/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, 50.12.042. 05-01-076, § 192-150-110, filed 12/9/04, effective 1/9/05.]