WAC 296-14-4128   When may the department impute wages in cases where willful misrepresentation has been determined?  The department may impute wages when:

     • The worker is self-employed; or

     • Appropriate payroll records are not available; or

     • The employer is paying the worker in cash or material without maintaining appropriate payroll records; or

     • There is no employer but the worker has engaged in a repeated pattern of work-type activities or has willfully misrepresented his or her physical restrictions.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.010, 51.04.020, and 2004 c 243. 04-20-024, § 296-14-4128, filed 9/28/04, effective 11/1/04.]