WAC 296-16-160   What must an employer do to qualify for benefits when hiring or reemploying a "preferred worker"?  An employer must complete an Intent to Hire Preferred Worker form. The employer must return the completed form to the department within sixty days from the "preferred worker's" first day of:

     (1)     Employment, if the employer is a subsequent or new employer. In these situations, the employer must also provide the department a description of the job offered to the worker.

     (2)     Reemployment, if the employer is the employer of record and the worker has a developmental disability as defined by RCW 71A.10.020. In these situations, if the doctor has released the worker without restrictions and the worker is returning to the job of record, a job description is not needed.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.010, 51.04.020 and 2004 c 258. 05-01-105, § 296-16-160, filed 12/15/04, effective 1/15/05.]