With respect to claims that have an effective date before January 4, 2004, an individual shall be disqualified from benefits beginning with the first day of the calendar week in which he or she has been discharged or suspended for misconduct connected with his or her work and thereafter for seven calendar weeks and until he or she has obtained bona fide work in employment covered by this title and earned wages in that employment equal to seven times his or her weekly benefit amount. Alcoholism shall not constitute a defense to disqualification from benefits due to misconduct.
RCW 50.20.060
Disqualification from benefits due to misconduct.
Known as the Employment Security Act
The act spans §§ 50.01.005 to 50.98.110 (395 sections).
Applied in 50 court decisions — leading case 122 Wash. 2d 397 - Tapper v. Employment Security Department (1993)
Most recently applied in 195 Wash. App. 593 - Henry Industries, Inc. v. Department Of Labor & Industries (August 2016)
2006 c 13 s 11
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