{"id":"ECO-B-121","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"Governor Jay Inslee","authority":"RCW 43.06.220(1)(h); Proclamation 20-05","instrument":"Proclamation 20-46, High-Risk Employees - Workers\u0027 Rights","title":"Proclamation 20-46: employers prohibited from failing to accommodate high-risk employees (alternative work, telework, leave with job protection and health insurance)","dateIssued":"2020-04-13","effective":"April 13, 2020","end":"11:59 p.m. June 12, 2020, extended by 20-46.1 through 20-46.3; rescinded effective June 28, 2021","startDate":"2020-04-13","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","TELE","QUAR"],"addressees":["all public and private employers in Washington State","high-risk employees (CDC categories)"],"clause":"\u0027I... hereby prohibit all public and private employers in Washington State from taking any action that is inconsistent with the following practices related to high-risk employees... 1. Employers are prohibited from failing to utilize all available options for alternative work assignments to protect high-risk employees, if requested, from exposure to the COVID-19 disease, including but not limited to telework, alternative or remote work locations, reassignment, and social distancing measures. 2. In the event an alternative work arrangement is not feasible, the employer is prohibited from failing to [permit use of accrued leave or unemployment insurance and from terminating health insurance]...\u0027 \u0027This prohibition shall remain in effect until 11:59 PM on June 12, 2020, unless extended beyond that date.\u0027","enforcement":"RCW 43.06.220(5) (gross misdemeanor)","functions":["WF (mandatory telework/reassignment of high-risk workers; job-protected leave)","OP","HR"],"notes":"A workforce order on every Washington employer from April 13, 2020 to June 28, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/proclamations/20-46%20-%20COVID-19%20High%20Risk%20Employees.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":239246,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-121","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-121","citation":"Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-46, High-Risk Employees - Workers\u0027 Rights (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-121)","stateName":"Washington","related":[]}