Section 296-17A-7309. Classification 7309.

7309-00 Work activity centers

Applies only to the people with the most severe disabilities, and to people with developmental disabilities whose handicaps are so severe as to make their productivity inconsequential, and who are included on the center's certificate for special minimum wage issued by the U.S. Department of Labor.

This classification excludes:

• All staff who operate work activity centers and all staff who operate sheltered workshops, even if the sheltered workshop also operates a work activity center, who are to be reported separately in classification 6709; and

• People with disabilities, including people with developmental disabilities, who are enrolled in sheltered workshops who are to be reported separately in classification 6709.

Special note: Work activity centers differ from sheltered workshops in the severity of the impairments of the participants.

While the workers' compensation rates for classifications 7309 and 6709 are identical, the premiums for classification 7309 are calculated on a piece rate basis to reflect the limited productivity of the workers covered by this classification.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 14-17-085, § 296-17A-7309, filed 8/19/14, effective 9/19/14. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-7309, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06; WSR 00-14-052, § 296-17-779, filed 7/1/00, effective 7/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-779, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020(1) and 51.16.035. WSR 94-12-063, § 296-17-779, filed 5/30/94, effective 6/30/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-779, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020(1). WSR 84-11-034 (Order 84-11), § 296-17-779, filed 5/15/84.]

RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 14-17-085, § 296-17A-7309, filed 8/19/14, effective 9/19/14. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-7309, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06; WSR 00-14-052, § 296-17-779, filed 7/1/00, effective 7/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-779, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020(1) and 51.16.035. WSR 94-12-063, § 296-17-779, filed 5/30/94, effective 6/30/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-779, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020(1). WSR 84-11-034 (Order 84-11), § 296-17-779, filed 5/15/84.