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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington; Department of Labor and Industries with the Department of Health (joint temporary worker housing rule) · Washington
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- RCW 49.17.010,.040,.050,.060; RCW 70.114A
- Issued
- 2020-05-13 May 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-18
- End
- Readopted Sept. 10, 2020 (Ex. 058), Jan. 8, 2021 (Ex. 059), May 7 and May 28, 2021 (Ex. 060) and June 2021 (AO21-11); in force through the 2021 harvest season (read as 2020-09-10)
- In force
- May 18, 2020 to Sept. 10, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chain
- Addressees
- operators of licensed temporary worker housing (agricultural employers, growers, packers, labor contractors)
- Functions reached
- LB labor housing (occupancy cut by bunk spacing and cohorts of 15)
- FP farm production and harvest (housing-dependent H-2A and seasonal labor)
- TR transportation of housed workers
- WF
- HR training in occupants' languages
- SC (PPE, cleaning supplies)
- Collection
- State labor and workplace-safety agencies AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE
Operative words
Purpose: Chapter 296-307 WAC, Temporary worker housing. The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) in conjunction with the Department of Health (DOH) are responding to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by adopting a new section to protect occupants from COVID-19 hazards in licensed temporary worker housing. The emergency rule [requires operators to]... Ensure physical distancing of occupants when at housing sites, which includes all cooking, eating, bathing, washing, [and sleeping areas]... Submit to the Department of Health a revised temporary worker housing management plan that demonstrates how the [operator will comply]... [Occupants in a group] stay together and separated from others for housing, work, and transportation.
Enforcement
L&I DOSH citations under RCW 49.17.180; DOH licensing enforcement under RCW 70.114A
Notes
Tree fruit, hops, berries, vegetables and packing operations statewide; the rule constrained how many workers could be housed and therefore hired for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Rule text is Ex. 079.