Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 50.32.095 (2026)
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The commissioner may designate certain commissioner's decisions as precedents. The commissioner's decisions designated as precedents shall be published and made available to the public by the department.
Notes:
Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1982 1st ex.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 50.12.200.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2023 · leading case: Graves v. Emp. Sec. Dep't, 144 Wash. App. 302 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008).
Graves v. Emp. Sec. Dep't, 144 Wash. App. 302 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “Under RCW 50.32.095, the commissioner *309 may designate certain commissioner’s decisions as precedents.”
W. Ports v. Emp. SEC. Dept., 41 P.3d 510 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “See RCW 50.32.095 (Commissioner may designate certain decisions precedential by publishing them).”
W. Ports Transp., Inc. v. Emp. Sec. Dep't, 110 Wash. App. 440 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “See RCW 50.32.095 (Commissioner may designate certain decisions precedential by publishing them).”
Campbell v. Emp. Sec. Dep't, 297 P.3d 757 (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). “The ESD commissioner may designate certain decisions as precedential and publish those decisions under RCW 50.32.095. Precedential decisions of the commissioner are binding on the agency and are considered persuasive authority for this court.”
Graves v. Dep't of Emp. Sec., 182 P.3d 1004 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “Under RCW 50.32.095, the commissioner may designate certain commissioner's decisions as precedents.”
Martini v. Emp. Sec. Dep't, 990 P.2d 981 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). “8 RCW 50.32.095. 9 See Ronald M. Levin, Identifying Questions of Law in Administrative Law, 74 Geo.”
Belling v. Wash. State Emp't SEC. Dep't, 427 P.3d 611 (Wash. 2018). “Currently, that administrative rule most relevantly provides: What does equity and good conscience mean in regard to overpayment waiver decisions?—^RCW 50.”
Bauer v. State Emp. Sec. Dept., 108 P.3d 1240 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “Such precedents are persuasive authority in this court" (footnoted omitted)). However, in Morris, as previously noted, the claimant refused his employers offer to increase his job from a part-time to a full-time position.”
Bauer v. Emp. Sec. Dep't, 126 Wash. App. 468 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “2d 981 (2000) (noting that the commission has authority under RCW 50.32.095 “to designate certain unemployment benefits decisions as precedents and to publish those precedents.”
Justin M. Robinson, App/cross-res. v. Emp. Sec. Dept, Res/cross-app. (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “So if-1 guess, from your experience in H.R., if any employee gives, urn, notice to quit, is it always effective immediately or is an end date discussed? 1 Opinions designated by the commissioner as precedential are persuasive authority in this court.”
Christopher Belling v. Emp. Sec. Dep't, State of Washington (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “Thereafter, in In re Peltier, which the ESD commissioner has designated as precedential, 2 the commissioner waived a portion of an overpayment of unemployment insurance benefits where the worker had incurred attorney fees in recovering the 2 Under RCW 50.”
Christopher Carrillo v. Dep't Of Emp. Sec. (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “" 4 See RCW 50.32.095 ("The commissioner may designate certain commissioner's decisions as precedents.”
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