{"id":"WA-027","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jay Inslee","authority":"RCW 43.06.220(1)(h); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW","instrument":"Proclamation 20-46","title":"High-Risk Employees - Workers\u0027 Rights","dateIssued":"2020-04-13","effective":"2020-04-13","end":"2020-06-12 11:59 p.m. by its terms; extended by 20-46.1 (June 2020), 20-46.2 (July 29, 2020) and 20-46.3 (Apr. 8, 2021); rescinded effective 11:59 p.m. June 28, 2021 (20-46.4)","startDate":"2020-04-13","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","TELE"],"addressees":["all public and private employers in Washington State"],"clause":"I 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, as that term is described or defined in guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.... 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; and 2. Employers are prohibited from failing to permit any high-risk employee in a situation where an alternative work arrangement is not feasible to use any available employer-granted accrued leave or unemployment insurance in any sequence at the discretion of [the employee]","enforcement":"RCW 43.06.220(5)","functions":["WF workforce availability","HR","OF (compelled telework and reassignment)","PF","JS"],"notes":"A statewide telework and accommodation mandate for every employer with high-risk workers (the CDC\u0027s high-risk definition covered persons 65 and older and those with common chronic conditions), in force 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":"WA","url":"/library/WA-027","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WA-027","citation":"Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-46 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. WA-027)","stateName":"Washington","related":["WA-062","WA-028","WA-026","WA-025","WA-024","WA-030","WA-019","WA-022","WA-020","WA-016","WA-031","WA-015"]}