Section 296-17-865. Experience modification limitations.  


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  • No employer's experience modification factor shall increase or decrease by more than twenty-five percent during any one year, as calculated according to WAC 296-17-855. However, if an employer's experience modification factor is calculated to be below 1.00 without this twenty-five percent limitation and that employer had an experience modification factor greater than 1.3333 in the previous year, then the experience modification factor shall be set to 1.00.
    [Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035, 51.32.073, 51.08.010, and 51.04.020(1). WSR 08-24-074, § 296-17-865, filed 12/1/08, effective 1/1/09; Order 77-27, § 296-17-865, filed 11/30/77, effective 1/1/78; Order 74-40, § 296-17-865, filed 11/27/74, effective 1/1/75; Order 73-22, § 296-17-865, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.]
RCW 51.16.035, 51.32.073, 51.08.010, and 51.04.020(1). WSR 08-24-074, § 296-17-865, filed 12/1/08, effective 1/1/09; Order 77-27, § 296-17-865, filed 11/30/77, effective 1/1/78; Order 74-40, § 296-17-865, filed 11/27/74, effective 1/1/75; Order 73-22, § 296-17-865, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.

Rules

296-17-855,