Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 51.08.015 (2026)
"Amount," "payment," "premium," "contribution," "assessment."
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Wherever and whenever in any of the provisions of this title relating to any payments by an employer or worker the words "amount" and/or "amounts," "payment" and/or "payments," "premium" and/or "premiums," "contribution" and/or "contributions," and "assessment" and/or "assessments" appear said words shall be construed to mean taxes, which are the money payments by an employer or worker which are required by this title to be made to the state treasury for the accident fund, the medical aid fund, the supplemental pension fund, or any other fund created by this title.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2021 · leading case: Washington Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 859 P.2d 592 (Wash. 1993).
Washington Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 859 P.2d 592 (Wash. 1993). “Further, although employer payments to the State fund are often referred to as premiums, RCW 51.08.015 provides that the term "premium" should be construed to mean taxes.”
Crown Zellerbach Corp. v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 653 P.2d 626 (Wash. 1982). “Further, although employer payments to the State fund are often referred to as premiums, RCW 51.08.015 provides that the term "premium" should be construed to mean taxes.”
State v. Blancaflor, 334 P.3d 46 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “RCW 51.08.015; see also Respondent’s Supplemental Brief at 13.”
Lsi Logistic Serv. v. Dept Of Labor & Indus. (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “RCW 51.08.015. Because this case involves a request for a reclassification rather than a notice that payments were due, the APA does not apply.”
Chris Jones & Katrina Jones, V. Dept. Of L&i (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “To this end, the Act requires an employer subject to the Act either to pay into a state fund insurance scheme or to qualify as a self-insurer. RCW 51.14.010. If an employer insures its employees with the state fund, the Act requires the employer to pay premiums, which are…”
State Of Washington, V Othniel Ruiz Blancaflor & Cynthia C. Blancaflor (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “020(1 )(c) states: Upon conviction under (b) of this subsection, the employer shall be ordered by the court to pay the premium due and owing, a 58 RCW 51.08.015; see also Respondent's Supplemental Brief at 13.”
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