Washington Administrative Code

(1) The WSATC establishes minimum levels of apprentice labor hours to be met through apprenticeship programs so that utilities can qualify for renewable energy credits as defined in RCW 19.85.040.(2) The WSATC certifies a renewable energy project meets the required minimum when a…

The supervisor will verify compliance of apprentice utilization requirements on public works projects as required by RCW 49.04.035.(1) The apprentice utilization requirement on public works is established in accordance with RCW 39.04.320.(2) The supervisor must verify compliance …

The WSATC establishes economic and industry sector-based platforms in accordance with chapter 49.04 RCW.(1) The WSATC or designee shall establish economic and industry sector-based platforms and assign prospective and existing programs to the platforms. The WSATC or designee will…

The WSATC's equal employment opportunity plan is based on the statutory authority granted in chapter 49.04 RCW and according to the provisions of 29 C.F.R. Part 30. The purpose of the equal employment opportunity plan is to promote equality of opportunity in apprenticeship by:• P…

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.04.010 and 2001 c 204. WSR 02-10-083, § 296-05-402, filed 4/29/02, effective 6/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.04.010, 2001 c 204, and chapter 49.04 RCW. WSR 01-22-055, § 296-05-402, filed 10/31/01, effective 1/17/02.]

The following definitions are to be used with this part.Underutilization: Enrolling minorities and women in a ratio not proportionate to the participation of minorities and women that is representative of the geographical region served.Women or female: Refers to minority women an…

(1) A sponsor is not required to adopt an affirmative action plan or a selection procedure if:(a) It has fewer than five apprentices; or(b) The program is determined by the WSATC to be in compliance with an approved equal employment opportunity program. An approved program is one…

(1) A sponsor of an approved apprenticeship program must:(a) Promote equal opportunity in its apprenticeship program; and(b) Recruit, select, employ and train apprentices without discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability or as otherwise …

In addition to the program standards required by WAC 296-05-015, program sponsors seeking new program registration and approval by the WSATC must submit the following:(1) The proposed affirmative action plan;(2) The proposed selection procedures; and(3) Any other information abou…

An approved affirmative action plan must:(1) Be in writing.(2) Be more than passive nondiscrimination.(3) Include procedures, methods and programs to:(a) Clearly identify present and potential minority and female apprentices.(b) Establish affirmative action goals and timetables.(…

To gain approval, an equal employment opportunity plan must include the following specific provisions for outreach and recruitment criteria:(1) To increase minority and female participation in apprenticeship, program sponsors are expected to strengthen program outreach and recrui…

(1) An equal employment opportunity plan must include goals and timetables. The first step in deciding whether goals and timetables are necessary is the completion of an analysis of the sponsor's program to determine whether there is an underutilization of minorities and/or women…

In addition to development of a written equal employment opportunity plan, the sponsor must submit a written plan for the selection of apprentices. The selection plan must ensure that minorities and women have an equal opportunity to be selected as apprentices and that full utili…

Qualification standards are the criteria, used by sponsors to select applicants into an eligibility pool. These qualification standards and the procedures used to determine the standards must be specified in detail in the sponsor's equal employment opportunity plan and must:• Ide…

All applicants who meet the program admission requirements must be notified that they have been placed in an eligibility pool. All program sponsors must give a written notice of rejection to each applicant who is not selected for either an eligibility pool or the apprenticeship p…

(1) A sponsor who adopts a selection method under WAC 296-05-417 must conduct an enrollment deficiency analysis (see WAC 296-05-433). If, as a result of this analysis, the sponsor concludes that there are fewer minorities and/or women on its existing pools and lists than there sh…

The WSATC must keep the following types of records in the apprenticeship supervisor's office:(1) Registration requirements;(2) Individual program standards;(3) Registration records;(4) Program compliance reviews and investigations;(5) Any other records pertinent to the determinat…

(1) In analyzing a program to determine whether a deficiency exists, the sponsor must consider at least the following factors:(a) The percentage of the working age minority and female population in the program sponsor's labor market area;(b) The percentage of the minority and fem…

(1) The apprenticeship supervisor must provide program sponsors with data and information on minorities and women labor force characteristics generated by the employment security department or the office of financial management. This information is available for standard metropol…

(1) Goals and timetables must be based upon the sponsor's enrollment analysis of its underutilization of minorities and women and its entire affirmative action program. Specific enrollment goals for minorities and a separate single goal for women may be acceptable unless a partic…

(1) If a sponsor, despite its good faith efforts, fails to meet its goals and timetables within a reasonable period of time, the sponsor may be required to make appropriate changes in its affirmative action program in order to obtain maximum effectiveness toward the attainment of…

When a compliance review concludes that a sponsor is not operating according to the federal or state laws or regulations requiring equal opportunity, the apprenticeship supervisor must take action. Such action must include:(1) Notifying the sponsor in writing of the review result…

(1) Any apprentice or applicant for apprenticeship who believes they have been discriminated against may file a complaint. The basis of the complaint may be:(a) Discrimination on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, color, religion…

Sponsors may establish private review panels to resolve affirmative action complaints. The WSATC encourages sponsors to establish, fair, speedy, and effective procedures for the operation of the private review panel. Private review panels should be comprised of three or more resp…

(1) All approved programs must establish procedures explaining the program's complaint review process. These procedures must comply with the requirements of this section. Each sponsor must give a copy of the complaint procedures to each apprenticeship applicant and to all enrolle…

(1) Any intimidation, threat, coercion, or retaliation by or with the approval of a sponsor, against a person who has exercised rights or privilege under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended or the amended Executive Order 11246 is a violation of the equal opportun…

A sponsor may request an exemption from Part D of these rules. The request may ask exemption from all of the section or from selected ones. The request must be in writing and must be addressed to the apprenticeship supervisor. It must explain why an exemption is needed. An exempt…

The department of labor and industries (L&I) is an agency of state government created by RCW 43.17.010. In this chapter it shall be referred to as the "department." Where appropriate, "department" also refers to its staff and employees. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure co…

(1) Central organization. The chief executive officer of the department is the director of labor and industries, referred to here as "director." The director is appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and serves at the pleasure of the governor. The department is …

(1) Tumwater office.The office of the director, the administrative office of the department, the main offices of the divisions, and the office of the public records officer are in the Labor and Industries headquarters building, Tumwater, Washington. General information about the …

The general operations and procedures of the department's five divisions are summarized below. For more information, go to: www.lni.wa.gov.(1) Insurance services.This division administers Washington's workers' compensation program—Medical care and disability benefits for workers …

The department's rules, adopted as authorized by law, are in Title 296 WAC.[Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250 (1)(b) and (c), 42.17.290, and 2005 c 483. WSR 05-13-151, § 296-06-050, filed 6/21/05, effective 7/22/05; Order 76-27, § 296-06-050, filed 9/28/76; Order 73-12, § 296-06…

Some public records are protected from inspection and/or copying by state and/or federal law. You may access these records by either:• Being the person legally authorized to access them; or• Getting a notarized written authorization from the person with legal access. This authori…

The department will designate a public records officer to be in charge of its public records. This officer will have an office at the department's Tumwater headquarters. They are responsible for the enforcement of the department's rules and regulations regarding the release of pu…

Inspecting and copying the department's public records will be allowed only during regular office hours, which are 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, not including legal holidays.[Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.270, [42.17].280, [42.17].290, and 2005 c 483. WSR 05…

(1) You can request an inspection or copy of the department's public records by either:• Making a request at any of the department's service locations; or• Sending a written request to the L&I public disclosure unit at:Department of Labor & IndustriesPublic Disclosure UnitPost Of…

Under RCW 42.56.120(2), the department may charge the requestor a fee for reimbursement of costs directly related to the copying of public records. If the department delivers copies of records request on a partial or installment basis, it may charge for each part of the request a…

The public records officer and his or her designees have the power to deny a request for public records. Denials must include:• The reason for the denial.• A statement of any exemption that authorizes the denial of the record.• A brief explanation of how the exemption applies to …

After a request for inspection or copying of public records is denied, the requestor may ask the department to review the denial. The request for review must:• Be made in writing.• Be sent to the public records officer or his/her designee after receiving the denial.• Specifically…

The department will protect its public records from damage or disorganization. Public records requests will not be allowed to interfere with essential functions of the department.All inspections of public records will be supervised by a department staff member. Staff members will…

The department of labor and industries will maintain a current index as required by RCW 42.17.260. The index will consist of record types and/or descriptions, their locations, and availabilities. These records will be made available according to public disclosure law. The agency …

In this chapter the department of labor and industries shall be referred to as the "department"; the director of labor and industries as the "director"; the State Environmental Policy Act, chapter 43.21C RCW, as "SEPA"; chapter 197-10 WAC effective January 16, 1976 as the "SEPA g…

The rules contained in this chapter are to carry out the policy and procedures of SEPA and the SEPA guidelines, and shall govern the application of SEPA requirements to the department. These rules are adopted pursuant to the requirement of and authority provided by chapter 43.21C…

The words and terms in this chapter and in all proceedings of the department in compliance with SEPA shall be deemed to conform to the mandatory definitions contained in the SEPA guidelines.[Order 76-16, § 296-07-030, filed 5/20/76.]

All activities under programs administered by the department as of December 12, 1975 are hereby exempted, except the issuance of any license for the manufacture of explosives or the adoption or amendment by the department of any regulations incorporating general standards respect…

Compliance with the applicable mandatory SEPA guidelines as supplemented by this chapter shall be deemed to constitute compliance with this chapter.[Order 76-16, § 296-07-050, filed 5/20/76.]

The assistant director of any department, division, or head of any independent department section with major responsibility for any nonexempt action shall be the responsible official for the purpose of complying with SEPA. In any other case the director shall be the responsible o…

There is hereby established a department public information center to carry out the functions contemplated by the SEPA guidelines, WAC 197-10-830, to be located in the offices of the department at Olympia, Washington. The department's public records officer shall have charge ther…

The department shall maintain an EIS available register at its SEPA public information center. Said register shall be in the charge of the department's public records officer and it shall be available for public inspection and copying.[Order 76-16, § 296-07-080, filed 5/20/76.]

When actions are exempted from the requirements of SEPA or the SEPA guidelines because they are actions which must be taken immediately, or within a time too short to allow full compliance with SEPA or the SEPA guidelines to avoid an imminent danger to public or private property,…