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Wash. Rev. Code § 51.32.015 (2026)

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The benefits of Title 51 RCW shall be provided to each worker receiving an injury, as defined therein, during the course of his or her employment and also during his or her lunch period as established by the employer while on the jobsite. The jobsite shall consist of the premises as are occupied, used or contracted for by the employer for the business or work process in which the employer is then engaged: PROVIDED, That if a worker by reason of his or her employment leaves such jobsite under the direction, control or request of the employer and if such worker is injured during his or her lunch period while so away from the jobsite, the worker shall receive the benefits as provided herein: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the employer need not consider the lunch period in his or her payroll for the purpose of reporting to the department unless the worker is actually paid for such period of time.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 350 s 38; 1971 ex.s. c 289 s 41; 1961 c 107 s 1.]

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Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 30 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1965–2026 · leading case: Belnap v. Boeing Co., 823 P.2d 528 (Wash. Ct. App. 1992).
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Belnap v. Boeing Co., 823 P.2d 528 (Wash. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 3× “013 provides that a worker is acting within the course of his employment during time spent "going to and from work on the jobsite, as defined in RCW 51.32.015 and 51.36.040, insofar as such time is immediate to the actual time that the worker is engaged in the work process in…”
Hamilton v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 462 P.2d 917 (Wash. 1969). · cites it 6× “) RCW 51.32.015 and 51.36.040, being Laws of 1961, ch.”
Boeing Co. v. Rooney, 10 P.3d 423 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “The statute provides: “Acting in the course of employment” means the worker acting at his or her employer’s direction or in the furtherance of his or her employer’s business which shall include time spent going to and from work on the jobsite, as defined in RCW 51.32.015 and…”
Entila v. Cook, 386 P.3d 1099 (Wash. 2017). · cites it 2× “013(1) states: “Acting in the course of employment” means the worker acting at his or her employer’s direction or in the furtherance of his or her employer’s business which shall include time spent going to and from work on the jobsite, as defined in RCW 51.32.015 and 51.36.040,…”
Bolden v. State Dep't of Transp., 974 P.2d 909 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 3× “1 Acting in the course of employment means the worker is: acting at his or her employer’s direction or in the furtherance of his or her employer’s business which shall include time spent going to and from work on the jobsite, as defined in RCW 51.32.015 and 51.36.040, insofar as…”
Westinghouse Elec. Corp. v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 621 P.2d 147 (Wash. 1980). · cites it 2× “Washington's workers' compensation act provides coverage for those injuries incurred while acting in the course of employment.”
Boeing Co. v. Rooney, 10 P.3d 423 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “The statute provides: "Acting in the course of employment" means the worker acting at his or her employer's direction or in the furtherance of his or her employer's business which shall include time spent going to and from work on the jobsite, as defined in RCW 51.32.015 and RCW…”
Shelton v. Azar, Inc., 954 P.2d 352 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “20 Injuries incurred while going to or from work generally are not covered: 21 “Acting in the course of employment” means the worker acting at his or her employer’s direction or in the furtherance of his or her employer’s business which shall include time spent going to and from…”
Ball-foster Glass Cont. Co. v. Giovanelli, 177 P.3d 692 (Wash. 2008). · cites it 2× “" In re Morrill, No. 29,704, Bd. of Indus. Ins. Appeals (Wash.”
Ball-Foster Glass Container Co. v. Giovanelli, 163 Wash. 2d 133 (Wash. 2008). · cites it 2× “The Board has observed, “[w]e believe the Legislature by enacting RCW 51.32.015 [extending coverage to lunch period injuries on the jobsite] intended to give the same coverage during the lunch hour as that applicable during the work period.”
Heim v. Longview Fibre Co., 707 P.2d 689 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “The term "jobsite" is defined as "premises as are occupied, used or contracted for by the employer for the business or work process in which the employer is then engaged: .”
Taylor v. Cady, 566 P.2d 987 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “013 provides: "Acting in the course of employment" means the workman acting at his employer's direction or in the furtherance of his employer's business which shall include time spent going to and from work on the jobsite, as defined in RCW 51.32.015 and 51.36.040,[ 2 ] insofar…”
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