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Pamphlet/booklet: Explains to employees of self-insured businesses their rights and responsibilities under industrial insurance law. Describes benefits and how to file a claim.

Calendar: Features real Washington State businesses and employees handling typical workplace hazards with an emphasis on safety and health improvements over the past decades. It includes suggested weekly safety and health tips for different industries, including healthcare, logging, law enforcement, food processing and more.

Pamphlet/booklet: Explains to employees of self-insured businesses their rights and responsibilities under industrial insurance law. Describes benefits and how to file a claim.

Used by agricultural employers to assist them in determining if they are following the state Agricultural Employment Standards and the Minimum Wage Act for their employees.

Used by only self-insured employers to comply with WAC 296-15-400. The form provides information and instructions to employees of self-insured employers in case of an injury or development of an occupational disease.

There are instructions in one PDF file, and a blank form that may be printed in the other PDF. The word document is saved in Microsoft 2003 format and is a fillable word form.

The rules in this chapter are designed to protect the safety and health of employees by creating a healthy work environment by establishing requirements to control safety hazards in the workplace.

Safety Standards for Electrical Workers, 296-45 WAC, consist of the requirements for safeguarding employees against electrical hazards in their workplace; requirements for electric equipment and wiring in locations classified as hazardous.

Used by employers with no employees or worker hours to report but need an open account for contract bidding process.

Book (loose-leaf manual): Helps contractors properly classify for industrial insurance purposes the work being performed by their employees on new wood-frame building construction projects.

Fact sheet: Provides answers to the most-often asked questions about forklift training. Includes a checklist that employer may use to document that employees have been trained and/or evaluated in the required topics.

Fact sheet: Provides an overview and resources to know your obligations when you have family members working for you. Relatives, including children, must be treated as employees with the same rights as any other paid worker in the state of Washington.

Fact sheet: Provides an overview and resources to know your obligations when you have family members working for you. Relatives, including children, must be treated as employees with the same rights as any other paid worker in the state of Washington.

Required poster: Describes important parts of the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA), which provides for job safety and health of Washington employees. Note: Employers in Washington State must display this poster where workers can see it. When ordering the printed version, you will receive one 22" X 17" poster that includes both languages. Get poster printing tips.

Required poster: Outlines the steps a worker should take if a job-related injury or illness occurs. Also briefly describes the benefits available through Washington's workers' compensation system. Note: 'Employers who receive industrial insurance coverage from L&I must display this poster where workers can see it. English and Spanish online versions will print separately. Get poster printing tips.

Required poster for self-insured businesses: Outlines what a worker employed by a self-insured business should do if a work-related injury or illness occurs. Note: Self-insured employers must display this poster where workers can see it. Get poster printing tips.

For legal guardians and school officials to approve the hours and work activities for a minor employee to work according to terms listed by the employer. The Special Variance allows additional hours of work for 16- and 17-year-olds and is described on the form. All parties must sign to approve the hours of work for a minor regardless of the number of hours listed. This is NOT a work permit. Employers must obtain a minor work permit endorsement on their Master Business License where they employ workers under 18.

This is a copy of the law that pretains to the payment of wages to an employee when they stop working for an employer. The wages due to the employee for the pay period worked prior to leaving.

Fact sheet: Includes information regarding the benefits of Preferred Worker certification, answers to questions frequently asked by workers, phone and website contacts.

Brochure: Designed for construction business employers who are interested in hiring apprentices. Includes answers to common questions, how to hire apprentices, the benefits of apprenticeship, testimonials, and contact information.

For use by consultants to evaluate employers' accident prevention programs. Use this form for large employers (more than 50 employees).

Brochure: Employees have the right to report concerns about safety and health in their workplace. This brochure describes "protected activities" under the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) and explains what an employee should do if he/she has been punished or fired for exercising these rights.

Used by only self-insured employers to comply with WAC 296-15-400. The form provides information and instructions to employees of self-insured employers in case of an injury or development of an occupational disease.

Pocket guide: Provides links to online information, including safety and health consultations, how to develop a safety program, reporting hazards and injuries, other safety training, and information for teen workers.

Required poster: Reviews workers' rights under Washington's wage-and-hour laws. Topics include minimum wage, overtime, meal and rest breaks, pay periods, deductions, and employment of teens under age 18. Also reviews family leave provisions under federal and state law, and leave for spouses of deploying military personnel and victims of domestic violence. Note: Employers in both agricultural and non-agricultural industries in Washington State must display this poster where workers can see it. Get poster printing tips.

Pamphlet/booklet: Designed to help employers determine if their workers are employees or independents under Washington's workers' compensation, workplace safety, wage and hour and unemployment tax laws. Includes a short "test" and helpful references.

Pamphlet: Provides an overview of employers' responsibilities for workplace safety and health in Washington State. Covers free L&I services, including workplace consultations, online training and prevention resources and required posters. Intended for new businesses or businesses hiring employees for the first time.

This form is a fillable Word document that is used by a contractor, company or agency to show the wages paid to employees on a public works project. The best way to use this document is to bookmark this page as a “Favorite” in your web browser. Then each time when you want to use the document, access the online version of the form. This will ensure you are always utilizing the most recently published form. (We recommend you not download the document and save the form for future use because we may make changes to the form that your downloaded version will not contain.) You must file the Affidavit of Wages Paid form when you have completed your portion of a public works job/project. Addendum A is form number F700-161-000, Addendum C is form number F700-162-000, and the EHB 2805 (RCW 39.04.370) Addendum is form number F700-164-000.

Employees use this form to report work place conditions which jeopardize workers safety and health.

Used by an employee to apply for copies of citation and notices issued to their employer.

Book: Provides employers a checklist on the requirements of the chemical hazard communication rule. Contains an extensive question-and-answer section and information on starting an employee-training program.

Book: Provides employers a checklist on the requirements of the chemical hazard communication rule. Contains an extensive question-and-answer section and information on starting an employee-training program.

Book: Provides employers a checklist on the requirements of the chemical hazard communication rule. Contains an extensive question-and-answer section and information on starting an employee-training program.

Book: Provides employers a checklist on the requirements of the chemical hazard communication rule. Contains an extensive question-and-answer section and information on starting an employee-training program.

Use this form to say whether or not you choose to have the Cholinesterase blood tests performed.

Employers must complete this form for the employee for each periodic/follow-up test and provide a copy to the health care provider.

Filled out by the provider. This form gives the recommendations by the provider of what needs to be done based on the test results on the employee.

Quick reference card: Shows employers how to figure workers' compensation premiums for different types of employees: hourly employees, salaried employees, commissioned personnel or employees paid for piecework. This information is part of the publication, Workers’ Compensation Record Keeping and Report Guides.

Book: Provides employers a checklist on the requirements of the chemical hazard communication rule. Contains an extensive question-and-answer section and information on starting an employee-training program.

Card: Reminds employers of special work rules for employees under age 18. Lists key points and provides a Web address for where to find more detailed information. Sent to all employers who obtain a minor work permit endorsement on the master business license.

An agreement between a worker and employer which states the worker's employment is principally localized in Washington state or another state.

Poster: Employees have the right to report concerns about safety and health in their workplace. This poster describes "protected activities" under the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) and explains what an employee should do if he/she has been punished or fired for exercising these rights. Get poster printing tips.

Book: This guide is for employers and for employees who work from exposed, elevated surfaces. It covers the following: what to do to prevent fall-related emergencies and how to respond promptly if a fall-related emergency occurs. Includes illustrations of aided-rescue equipment systems.

Farm Labor Contractor assignment of account or tme deposit for employee

Pamphlet/booklet: Designed to help employers determine if their workers are employees or independents under Washington's workers' compensation, workplace safety, wage and hour and unemployment tax laws. Includes a short "test" and helpful references.

Fact sheet: Provides an overview and resources to know your obligations when you have family members working for you. Relatives, including children, must be treated as employees with the same rights as any other paid worker in the state of Washington

Fact sheet: Provides an overview and resources to know your obligations when you have family members working for you. Relatives, including children, must be treated as employees with the same rights as any other paid worker in the state of Washington.

Fact sheet: Provides an overview and resources to know your obligations when you have family members working for you. Relatives, including children, must be treated as employees with the same rights as any other paid worker in the state of Washington.

Fact sheet: Provides an overview and resources to know your obligations when you have family members working for you. Relatives, including children, must be treated as employees with the same rights as any other paid worker in the state of Washington.

Employees who believe they have been discriminated against by their employer use this form to file a complaint.

Pamphlet/booklet: Describes the benefits of free employer consultations offered by L&I's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH). These services include on-site safety and/or industrial hygiene consultations, ergonomics assistance and risk management advice.

Book: Identifies work areas, tasks and procedures that place employees at risk of injury. Describes and illustrates methods that help reduce the risk of injury.

Filled out by the provider. This form gives the recommendations by the provider of what needs to be done based on the test results on the employee.

Used to report the work hours for an on-the-job training employee.

Fact sheet: Overview of safety practices, plus information on what equipment employees under 18 can and cannot operate. Provides resources on requirements for hearing protection and PPE (personal protective equipment).

8.5" X 11" sheets: Provides a summary of prevailing wage laws and rules in Spanish. This publication is only available in Spanish. For similar information in English, read the Washington State Prevailing Wage Law booklet.

Fact sheet: Includes information regarding the benefits of Perferred Worker certification, answers to questions frequently asked by workers, phone and website contacts.

Employees use this complaint form to report work place conditions which jeopardize workers safety and health.

Ask L&I to conduct an investigation into a prevailing wage violation that affects one or more employees. See box 30 on the form to see what types of complaints are covered.

Ask L&I to conduct an investigation into a prevailing wage-related issue that affects one or more employees.

Used by employees who believe they have been discriminated against by their employer may use this form to file a complaint.

This form is for employers to use to keep records on every employee.

Used by employers to teach their employees about the legal requirement to report accidents at work and who to notify if they have an accident at work. After completing the Employee Wallet Card form, the employer gives a wallet card to each employee.

Used by employers to teach their employees about the legal requirement to report accidents at work and who to notify if they have an accident at work. After completing the Employee Wallet Card form, the employer gives a wallet card to each employee.

Used to establish a new apprenticeship committee and list it's employer/employee representatives.

Fact Sheet: Download this checklist to help with the safety orientation of new restaurant employees.

For use by consultants to evaluate employers' accident prevention programs. Use for businesses with less than 50 employees).

This chapter applies to all confined spaces and provides requirements to protect employees from the hazards of entering and working in confined spaces.

Lockout/Tagout applies to the service and maintenance of machines and equipment, including piping systems, if employees could be injured by the unexpected energization or start up of the machine or equipment or release of stored energy. Energy sources include mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal, or other energy, including gravity. Machines and equipment include those that produce high intensity electromagnetic fields.

Fact Sheet: A useful summary of the responsibilities both employers and employees share for a safe workplace. This can be shared with new employees during their initial orientation.

Scaffolds, Chapter 296-874 WAC, applies to suspended and supported scaffolds, including their supporting structure and anchorage points. A scaffold is a temporary elevated platform, including its supporting structure and anchorage points, used for supporting employees or materials. A suspended scaffold is one or more platforms suspended from an overhead structure by ropes or other non-rigid means.

Fact sheet: Explains the requirements for sports organizations that engage young people as volunteers or employees to referee, assist or work for the organizations. The focus is workers' compensation coverage and minor work rules.

This form is predominately used in non-accident related types of inspections. Used to obtain statements from employees or other individuals whenever it is determined that it would be useful to adequately document an apparent violation.

Employer application request for a variance from employment standards for non minor employees.

Employer uses this to show time worked and wages earned for an employee.

Fact sheet: Provides answers to questions related to pay requirements, deductions from pay, hiring a teen worker, employee uniforms and access to personnel file. Includes contact information if an employer needs assistance with a specific situation.

Deductions for current & terminated employees and employer liability for paying less than required.

Covers compensation for employees in Washington State working overime.

Booklet: Contains the prevailing wage laws (RCWs) and rules (WACs) as well as plain language descriptions and contact information.

Fact sheet: Provides a brief overview of the worker rights administered by the Department of Labor and Industries. These include certain employment-related rights and rights pertaining to workplace safety and workers' compensation benefits.

Fact sheet: Provides a brief overview of the worker rights administered by the Department of Labor and Industries. These include certain employment-related rights and rights pertaining to workplace safety and workers' compensation benefits.

Fact sheet: Provides a brief overview of the worker rights administered by the Department of Labor and Industries. These include certain employment-related rights and rights pertaining to workplace safety and workers' compensation benefits.

Fact sheet: Provides a brief overview of the worker rights administered by the Department of Labor and Industries. These include certain employment-related rights and rights pertaining to workplace safety and workers' compensation benefits.

Fact sheet: Provides a brief overview of the worker rights administered by the Department of Labor and Industries. These include certain employment-related rights and rights pertaining to workplace safety and workers' compensation benefits.

Pamphlet/booklet: Explains Washington's chemical hazard communication standard, which requires employers to inform their employees about hazardous chemicals in the workplace and to train them in their proper use.

Pamphlet/booklet: Reviews the health hazards of asbestos exposure, use of asbestos in brake and clutch linings, employer's responsibilities, how employees can protect themselves, employee rights, and where to get help with waste management.

Book: Describes four types of workplace violence, outlines steps to minimize and prevent violent acts, and discusses potential risk factors and prevention techniques.

Pamphlet/booklet: Answers many questions employers and minor workers have about employing minors. Covers agriculture work rules, including the necessary permits, hours and work conditions for workers 12-17 years of age.

Pamphlet: Answers the most common questions about when and why an injured worker may be required to attend an independent medical exam. Includes the "IME Travel & Wage Reimbursement Request" form. This publication is for use only by self-insured businesses and their workers.

Pamphlet: Answers the most common questions about when and why an injured worker may be required to attend an independent medical exam. Includes the "IME Travel & Wage Reimbursement Request" form. This publication is for use only by self-insured businesses and their workers.