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Wash. Rev. Code § 51.32.250 (2026)

Payment of job modification costs

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Modification of the injured worker's previous job or modification of a new job is recognized as a desirable method of returning the injured worker to gainful employment. In order to assist employers in meeting the costs of job modification, and to encourage employers to modify jobs to accommodate retaining or hiring workers with disabilities resulting from work-related injury, the supervisor or the supervisor's designee, in his or her discretion, may pay job modification costs in an amount not to exceed $10,000 per worker per job modification. This payment is intended to be a cooperative participation with the employer and funds shall be taken from the appropriate account within the second injury fund.
The benefits provided for in this section are available to any otherwise eligible worker regardless of the date of industrial injury.
[ 2024 c 90 s 4; 1988 c 161 s 10; 1983 c 70 s 3; 1982 c 63 s 13.]

Notes:

Effective date—2024 c 90: See note following RCW 51.32.090.
Severability—1983 c 70: See note following RCW 51.32.095.
Effective dates—Implementation—1982 c 63: See note following RCW 51.32.095.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1991–2015 · leading case: Boeing Co. v. Doss, 347 P.3d 1083 (Wash. 2015).
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Boeing Co. v. Doss, 347 P.3d 1083 (Wash. 2015). · cites it 2× “” The job modification benefits established under RCW 51.32.250 are not at issue *61 here. Therefore, RCW 51.”
Seattle Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 804 P.2d 621 (Wash. 1991). “, RCW 51.32.250 (funds for job modification costs are available "regardless of the date of industrial injury").”
Boeing Co. v. Doss, 321 P.3d 1270 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “This case does not involve RCW 51.32.250. Nos. 98 17459 & 99 22359, 2000 WL 245825 , at *5, 2000 WA Wrk.”
Boeing Co. v. Dep't of Labor & Indus. (Wash. 2015). · cites it 2× “" The job modification benefits established under RCW 51.32.250 are not at issue here. Therefore, RCW 51.”
Boeing Co. v. Dep't of Labor & Indus. (Wash. 2015). · cites it 2× “" The job modification benefits established under RCW 51.32.250 are not at issue here. Therefore, RCW 51.”
The Boeing Co. v. Dli (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “The self-insured 13 This case does not involve RCW 51.32.250. 14 Nos. 98 17459 & 99 22359, 2000 WL 245825 , at *5 (Wash.”
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