WAC 192-150-205   Definitions -- Misconduct and gross misconduct -- RCW 50.04.294 and 50.20.066.  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions will apply:

     (1) "Willful" means intentional behavior done deliberately or knowingly, where you are aware that you are violating or disregarding the rights of your employer or a co-worker.

     (2) "Wanton" means malicious behavior showing extreme indifference to a risk, injury, or harm to another that is known or should have been known to you. It includes a failure to act when there is a duty to do so, knowing that injury could result.

     (3) "Carelessness" and "negligence" mean failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person usually exercises.

     (4) "Serious bodily harm" means bodily injury which creates a probability of death, or which causes significant permanent disfigurement, or which causes a significant loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part or organ.

     (5) "Criminal act" means any act classified as a felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor under state or federal law.

     (6) "Flagrant" means conspicuously bad or offensive behavior showing contemptuous disregard for the law, morality, or the rights of others. This blatant behavior must be so obviously inconsistent with what is right or proper that it can neither escape notice nor be condoned.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, 50.12.042. 05-01-076, § 192-150-205, filed 12/9/04, effective 1/9/05.]