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Chart II-Coverage of Laws, cont.
Jurisdiction
Employment1
Private
Covered
Public
Washington Compulsory as to all employment.
Elective as to partners, sole
proprietors, for-profit corporate
officers, joint ventures, corporate
officers who are shareholders or
directors, members/managers of LLCs
or limited liability partnerships, and
most workers listed as exceptions.
Compulsory as to all public
employment.
Exceptions2, 3
Domestic servants in a private home by an
employer who has less than two employees
regularly employed 40 or more hours a week
in such employment; any person employed
to do gardening, maintenance, or repair in
private homes; a person whose employment
is not in the course of the trade, business, or
profession of his or her employer and is not in
or about the private home of the employer; any
person performing services in return for aid or
sustenance only, received from any religious
or charitable organization; sole proprietors or
partners; voluntary law enforcement officers;
railway workers; volunteers in charitable
organizations (entitled to medical aid coverage
only); children under 18 employed by their
parent(s) in agricultural activities on family
farm; jockeys; services performed by a
newspaper vendor, carrier, or delivery person
selling or distributing newspapers who, using
his or her own equipment, chooses to submit
material for publication for free or a fee when
such material is published; services performed
by a booth renter. However, a person exempted
under this subsection may elect coverage
under RCW 51.32.030; services performed
by an insurance producer as defined in RCW
48.17.010, or a line broker licensed under
chapter 48.15 RCW; any bona fide officer of a
corporation voluntarily elected or voluntarily
appointed in accordance with the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of the corporation,
who at all times during the period involved
is also a bona fide director, and who is also
a shareholder of the corporation; services
rendered by a musician or entertainer under a
contract with a purchaser of the services for
a specific engagement or engagements when
such musician or entertainer performs no other
duties for the purchaser and is not regularly
and continuously employed by the purchaser.
A purchaser does not include the leader of
a group or recognized entity who employs
other than on a casual basis musicians or
entertainers; members of a limited liability
company, if either:
(a) Management of the company is vested
in its members, and the members for whom
exemption is sought would qualify for
exemption under subsection (5) of this section
were the company a sole proprietorship or
partnership; or
(b) Management of the company is vested
in one or more managers, and the members
for whom the exemption is sought are
managers who would qualify for exemption
under subsection (8) of this section were the
company a corporation.
A driver providing commercial transportation
services; for-hire vehicle operators who own
or lease the for-hire vehicle; chauffeurs; and
operators of taxicabs.
Special Coverage Provisions
Covers apprentices registered with
the Apprenticeship Council. Excludes
purchaser of contracts for musical or
entertainment performance.
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