Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
Definitions. For purposes of
this section:
(a) "Part-time work" means
fewer than thirty-five hours of work per week.
(b) "Full-time work" means work of
thirty-five or more hours per week.
(2) If you are simultaneously employed in a
part-time job and a full-time job, you will not be denied benefits for quitting
the part-time job under the following circumstances:
(a) You quit the part-time job before losing
your full-time job;
(b) You did not
know in advance that your full-time job would be ending; and
(c) You are eligible for benefits based on
the separation from your full-time job.
(3) If you are denied benefits under
RCW
50.20.050(4), the period of
denial is the same as that under
RCW
50.20.050(2)(a). This means
you will be denied for a period of seven weeks and until you earn at least
seven times your weekly benefit amount in covered employment.
(4)
Examples. The following are
examples only and do not mean that the department would rule the same in
similar situations.
(a)
You quit a
part-time job two weeks before being laid off from your full-time job.
Benefits are allowed because you meet the criteria of subsection (2) of this
section.
(b)
You quit a
part-time job before the hours at your full-time job were reduced.
Benefits are allowed because you meet the criteria of subsection (2) of this
section.
(c)
You quit a
part-time job two weeks before the end of a temporary full-time job.
You had prior knowledge that the full-time job was ending. Benefits would be
denied unless you had good cause for quitting the part-time job under
RCW
50.20.050(2).
(d)
You quit a part-time job two
weeks before being discharged from the full-time job.
(i) If the separation from the full-time job
was for misconduct, benefits would be denied for quitting the part-time job
because you are not eligible for benefits based on the separation from the full
time job.
(ii) If the separation
from the full-time job was not misconduct, benefits would be allowed because
you meet the criteria of subsection (3).
(e)
You quit the part-time job and
the full-time job on the same day. The department will determine if
you had good cause to quit both jobs under
RCW
50.20.050(2).
(f)
You quit a part-time job but are
still employed full-time at your other job. The department will
determine if you had good cause to quit under
RCW
50.20.050(2).
Statutory Authority:
RCW
50.12.010,
50.12.040, and
50.20.010. 09-24-008, §
192-150-180, filed 11/20/09, effective
12/21/09.
