HomeMy WebLinkAboutN-248 - Unemployment CompensationCITY OF PASCO
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Administrative Order No. 248
Personnel Policies & Procedures
Subject: Unemployment Compensation
Initial Effective Date:
March 21, 1984
Revised
1/2
Approved
This Administrative Order is effective January 27, 2014, and supersedes Administrative Order
No. 44, dated 3/21/84.
I. PURPOSE:
The purpose of this order is to establish a policy and process for handling unemployment
compensation claims filed with the Washington Employment Security Department.
II. DEPARTMENTS AFFECTED:
All
I1I. REFERENCES:
RCW 50.20 et al
IV. POLICY:
A. Separated employees may be eligible for unemployment benefits depending on
their length of employment and the circumstances in which they separated their
employment with the City. Their eligibility will be determined by an
Employment Security Department (ESD) adjudicator. The City is responsible for
responding to Employment Security in a timely manner and providing
information requested by the ESD in the format required.
B. The City of Pasco does not pay ongoing state unemployment taxes; rather, as a
public entity the City is considered a "reimbursable" employer. That means, that
the City pays, quarterly, the actual amount of unemployment compensation
claimed by the former employee, as assigned to the City as the employer.
V. PROCEDURE:
A. Department Directors /Division Managers are to keep Human Resources informed
of employee separations, the reason for the separation and eligibility for re -hire
(in the case of seasonal employees).
B. All Notice to Employer forms and documents are to be routed to Human
Resources for completion and filing with the Employment Security Department.
C. If the Employment Security Department determines the separated employee is
eligible for unemployment and the City concurs with that decision, no further
action is needed.
D. If the City does not agree with an eligibility decision, Human Resources will file
an appeal in accord with the rule of the Employment Security Department.
E. Department Directors are provided copies, on a quarterly basis, of the claims filed
by separated persons from their departments. Directors need to review those
documents carefully to determine if the information is correct. Concerns or
discrepancies are to be forwarded to Human Resources as soon as possible for
further inquiry/investigation.
Administrative Order No. 248 — Unemployment Compensation
Page 2