Department of Labor and Industries
| Average Annual FTEs | Near General Fund State | Other Funds | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Dollars in Thousands) | ||||
| Current Budget | 3,211.7 | 39,428 | 932,045 | 971,473 |
| 2023-25 Maintenance Level | 3,212.9 | 34,134 | 915,230 | 949,364 |
| Difference from 2023-25 Original | 1.2 | (5,294) | (16,815) | (22,109) |
| % Change from 2023-25 Original | 0.04% | (13.4%) | (1.8%) | (2.3%) |
2023 Policy Other Changes |
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| Support Services - Apprenticeships | 0.0 | 2,000 | 2,500 | 4,500 |
| Workers' Compensation System | 14.3 | 0 | 9,425 | 9,425 |
| Crime Victims Compensation Benefits | 0.0 | 178 | 1,298 | 1,476 |
| Conveyance Management System | 0.60 | 0 | 1,134 | 1,134 |
| Center for Work Equity Research | 5.2 | 0 | 1,756 | 1,756 |
| Enhance Provider Support & Outreach | 5.4 | 0 | 1,363 | 1,363 |
| Equity for Underserved Workers | 5.7 | 0 | 2,760 | 2,760 |
| Zero Emission Staffing | 1.0 | 0 | 287 | 287 |
| Enhanced Workers' Comp Training | 6.6 | 0 | 1,712 | 1,712 |
| Adjust Health Care Worker Benefits | (1.0) | 0 | (322) | (322) |
| Lab Facilities Staff | 4.3 | 0 | 721 | 721 |
| Lease Adjustments | 0.0 | 0 | (3,837) | (3,837) |
| Mental Health Claims | 1.3 | 0 | 528 | 528 |
| Plumber License Implementation | 0.0 | 0 | 560 | 560 |
| Opioid Settlement Funds - Research | 0.0 | 250 | 0 | 250 |
| Prevailing Wage Program | 0.0 | 0 | 2,908 | 2,908 |
| One-time Office Moves | 0.0 | 0 | 1,661 | 1,661 |
| Self-Insurance Fund | 0.0 | 0 | 168 | 168 |
| Transportation Network Companies | 5.0 | 0 | 2,487 | 2,487 |
| 2023 Policy Other Changes Total | 48.4 | 2,428 | 27,109 | 29,537 |
2023 Policy Comp Changes |
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| State Employee Benefits | 0.0 | 0 | 85 | 85 |
| WFSE General Government | 0.0 | 495 | 41,785 | 42,280 |
| Rep Employee Health Benefits | 0.0 | 17 | 1,210 | 1,227 |
| Non-Rep Recruitment/Retention | 0.0 | 1 | 212 | 213 |
| Coalition of Unions | 0.0 | 0 | 5,961 | 5,961 |
| Non-Rep General Wage Increase | 0.0 | 16 | 3,189 | 3,205 |
| PERS & TRS Plan 1 Benefit Increase | 0.0 | 6 | 543 | 549 |
| Vaccine Booster Incentive | 0.0 | 1 | 182 | 183 |
| 2023 Policy Comp Changes Total | 0.0 | 536 | 53,167 | 53,703 |
2023 Policy Central Services Changes |
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| Shared Tenant M365 to CSM | 0.0 | (10) | (2,385) | (2,395) |
| State Data Center | 0.0 | 0 | (650) | (650) |
| Archives/Records Management | 0.0 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| Audit Services | 0.0 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| Legal Services | 0.0 | 13 | 6,406 | 6,419 |
| Administrative Hearings | 0.0 | 0 | 176 | 176 |
| CTS Central Services | 0.0 | 13 | 3,131 | 3,144 |
| DES Central Services | 0.0 | 0 | 503 | 503 |
| OFM Central Services | 0.0 | 2 | 4,933 | 4,935 |
| GOV Central Services | 0.0 | 5 | 1,130 | 1,135 |
| 2023 Policy Central Services Changes Total | 0.0 | 23 | 13,329 | 13,352 |
| Total Policy Changes | 48.4 | 2,987 | 93,605 | 96,592 |
| 2023-25 Policy Level | 3,261.3 | 37,121 | 1,008,835 | 1,045,956 |
| Difference from 2021-23 | 49.6 | (2,307) | 76,790 | 74,483 |
| % Change from 2023-25 Original | 1.5% | (5.9%) | 8.2% | 7.7% |
Policy Changes
Support Services - Apprenticeships
Funds are provided to administer a grant program for support services in apprenticeship programs, including those in the clean energy sector. Services can include child care, health care, transportation to job sites, and other support services. (Workforce Education Investment Acc - State, Climate Commitment Account - State)
Workers' Compensation System
Funding is provided for the discovery planning phase and the procurement strategy development of replacing the department's workers' compensation computer system. The funding covers staffing, quality assurance, and contracted services. (Medical Aid Account - State, Accident Account - State)
Crime Victims Compensation Benefits
Funding is adjusted for the Crime Victims Compensation program as a result of higher costs per claim and federal funding projections. (Crime Victims' Compensation Account - Non-Appropriated, General Fund - Federal, General Fund - State)
Conveyance Management System
This funding will pay for staffing, quality assurance, contracted services, and software costs to complete the Conveyance Management System technology project. (Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, Medical Aid Account - State, Accident Account - State)
Center for Work Equity Research
Funding is provided to create a Center for Work Equity Research in the department’s Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) program. The center will study and systematically address employer and employment factors that place historically marginalized workers at increased risk to experience work-related injuries and illnesses and to incur social and economic hardship. (Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State)
Enhance Provider Support & Outreach
The department will improve access to medical and vocational providers of the Workers’ Compensation program by expanding the use of navigators to recruit and assist providers in underserved communities and by ensuring access to high quality and reliable interpreter services. (Medical Aid Account - State)
Equity for Underserved Workers
This funding will be used to improve access to information and services for workers with limited English proficiency (LEP) through the expansion of outreach and translation of safety-related information, training, and other materials. The department will add LEP outreach employees to provide services in King and Yakima counties, contract with community-based organizations to provide outreach, and translate safety and health materials. (Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State)
Zero Emission Staffing
This item funds staff to implement Executive Order 21-04, Zero Emission Vehicles. (Carbon Emissions Reduction Account - State)
Enhanced Workers' Comp Training
Funding is provided to update more than 100 workers' compensation training modules to teach employees how to strategically manage claims to prevent long-term disability. Funding covers temporary staff to make necessary enhancements to the training modules over a four-year period, training for the trainers on different techniques for remote and hybrid learning, and an ongoing e-learning developer. (Medical Aid Account - State, Accident Account - State)
Adjust Health Care Worker Benefits
Funding and staffing are reduced to match the amount needed to implement Chapter 251, Laws of 2021 (ESSB 5190), which provides presumptive workers' compensation coverage for health care employees during a public health emergency if certain criteria are met. (Medical Aid Account - State, Accident Account - State)
Lab Facilities Staff
Funds are provided for the department to hire four facilities staff to maintain the new lab that is scheduled to open in April 2023. (Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State)
Lease Adjustments
Funding is adjusted for leases associated with the cancellation of the Olympia Point Plaza East field office and the relocation of the Aberdeen field office. (Plumbing Certificate Account - State, Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, Public Works Administration Acct - State, other funds)
Mental Health Claims
The department will make program changes to allow psychologists to act as the attending provider for Workers' Compensation program claimants who have only a work-related mental health condition, effective July 1, 2025. (Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State)
Plumber License Implementation
Funding is provided to update two computer applications, Quickcards and DEBAR, to ensure plumbers, electrical, and elevator contractors are held to the same regulatory and enforcement standards as other specialty contractors. This includes changes to process and display debarments and to identify new infraction/violation types. The funding covers contractor costs, external quality assurance, hardware and software, and server infrastructure. (Public Works Administration Acct - State)
Opioid Settlement Funds - Research
Funds are provided for the continuation of a two-phase research project to analyze patients who are maintained on chronic opioids to understand their clinical needs and evaluate potential interventions. This funding utilizes McKinsey opioid settlement funds and conforms with the settlement decree to remediate the harms caused to the state and its citizens by the opioid epidemic and to recover the costs incurred by the state in investigating and pursuing these claims. This funding is $250,000 per biennium, lasting through the 2025-27 biennium. (General Fund - State)
Prevailing Wage Program
The department will enhance the Prevailing Wage program's computer system to create improvements to internal and external computer applications to support customer demands and effective program administration. (Public Works Administration Acct - State)
One-time Office Moves
This item funds one-time relocation and project costs to support the department's leased facilities strategic plan. (Electrical License Account - State, Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State, other funds)
Self-Insurance Fund
Funds are provided for the system enhancements necessary to create a new self-insurance reserve fund to hold self-insured pension assets and liabilities and to add this fund to the allocation of investment income. (Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State)
Transportation Network Companies
Funding and staffing are adjusted to reflect the amount needed to implement Chapter 281, Laws of 2022 (ESHB 2076), which specifies rights and obligations of transportation network companies and drivers. (Medical Aid Account - State, Accident Account - State)
State Employee Benefits
Health insurance funding is provided for state employees who are not represented by a union, who are covered by a bargaining agreement that is not subject to financial feasibility determination, or who are not part of the coalition of unions for health benefits. The insurance funding rate is $1,160 per employee per month for fiscal year 2024 and $1,233 per employee per month for fiscal year 2025. (Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State, other funds)
WFSE General Government
Funding is provided for a general wage increase of 4%, effective July 1, 2023; a general wage increase of 3%, effective July 1, 2024; targeted job classification base range increases; recognition and retention lump sum payments for employees employed on or before July 1, 2022 and continuously employed through July 1, 2023; shift premium increase for eligible shifts from $1 to $2.50 per eligible hour; a COVID-19 booster incentive of $1,000; supplemental shift premium increases for nurse classifications; 5% premium pay for employees who are assigned to a facility that provides direct care to residents, patients and/or clients and whose duties are required to be performed on location; and an increase of $250 to the annual lump sum payment for Labor and Industries risk classes 7200/7201. (Medical Aid Account - State, Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, Accident Account - State, other funds)
Rep Employee Health Benefits
This provides health insurance funding as part of the master agreements for employees who bargain for health benefits as part of a coalition of unions. The insurance funding rate is $1,160 per employee per month for fiscal year 2024 and $1,233 per employee per month for fiscal year 2025. (Medical Aid Account - State, Accident Account - State, Electrical License Account - State, other funds)
Non-Rep Recruitment/Retention
Funding is provided for recognition and retention lump sum payments for employees employed on or before July 1, 2022 and continuously employed through July 1, 2023. (Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State, Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, other funds)
Coalition of Unions
Funding is provided for a general wage increase of 4%, effective July 1, 2023; a general wage increase of 3%, effective July 1, 2024; targeted job classification base range increases; recognition and retention lump sum payments for employees employed on or before July 1, 2022 and continuously employed through July 1, 2023; shift premium increase for eligible shifts from $1 to $2.50 per eligible hour; and a COVID-19 booster incentive of $1,000. The agreement also includes a supplemental shift premium increases for nurse classifications; 5% premium pay for employees who are assigned to a facility that provides direct care to residents, patients and/or clients and whose duties are required to be performed on location; and a $500 annual lump sum payment for L&I codes 7200/7201. (Accident Account - State, Electrical License Account - State, Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, other funds)
Non-Rep General Wage Increase
Funding is provided for wage increases for state employees who are not represented by a union or who are covered by a bargaining agreement that is not subject to financial feasibility determination. It is sufficient for a general wage increase of 4 percent, effective July 1, 2023 and a general wage increase of 3 percent, effective July 1, 2024. This item includes both general government and higher education workers. (Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State, Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, other funds)
PERS & TRS Plan 1 Benefit Increase
For eligible Public Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems Plan 1 members, this item provides an increase of 3%, up to a maximum of $110 per month. (Accident Account - State, Electrical License Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State, other funds)
Vaccine Booster Incentive
Funding is provided for a $1,000 lump sum COVID-19 booster incentive for non-represented employees. This funding does not cover institutions of higher education. (Medical Aid Account - State, Accident Account - State, Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, other funds)
Shared Tenant M365 to CSM
Agency budgets are reduced by the base budget amounts provided to Consolidated Technology Services for Microsoft 365 licenses so the cost can be added to the central service model allocation in CTS central services (Step 92J). (Plumbing Certificate Account - State, Public Works Administration Acct - State, Pressure Systems Safety Account - State, other funds)
State Data Center
Adjustments are made for each agency's share of costs related to the State Data Center. (Public Works Administration Acct - State, Pressure Systems Safety Account - State, Plumbing Certificate Account - State, other funds)
Archives/Records Management
Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated share of charges for archives and records management services provided by the Secretary of State's Office. (Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State, Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, other funds)
Audit Services
Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of audits performed by the State Auditor's Office. (Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State)
Legal Services
Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of legal services provided by the Attorney General's Office. Because legal services expenditures are based on consumption, funding provided in the central service model is not all inclusive. The methodology to estimate consumption has been updated from a three-year average to a two-year average and allows for analysis to incorporate unique agency circumstances. (Medical Aid Account - State, Electrical License Account - State, Accident Account - State, other funds)
Administrative Hearings
Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of hearings performed by the Office of Administrative Hearings. (Accident Account - State, Electrical License Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State, other funds)
CTS Central Services
Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from Consolidated Technology Services (CTS) for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Cybersecurity, state network, enterprise services, small agency IT services, security gateways, and geospatial imaging services. This amount now includes the total amount for agencies that use the Microsoft 365 shared tenant. See Chapter 11 of the 2023-25 OFM Budget Instructions for allocation methodologies. (Medical Aid Account - State, Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, Accident Account - State, other funds)
DES Central Services
Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Department of Enterprise Services (DES) for campus rent, parking, contracts, and security; capital project surcharges; financing cost recovery; public and historic facilities; real estate services; risk management services; personnel service rates; the Perry Street and Capitol Campus child care centers; small agency services; and the department's enterprise applications. See Chapter 11 of the 2023-25 OFM Budget Instructions for allocation methodologies. (Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State, other funds)
OFM Central Services
Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges for existing statewide applications, the One Washington program, and other central services provided by the Office of Financial Management. See Chapter 11 of the 2023-25 OFM Budget Instructions for allocation methodologies. (Accident Account - State, Medical Aid Account - State, Electrical License Account - State, other funds)
GOV Central Services
A new central service is created to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of the Governor for statewide policy staff and the Office of Equity. (Medical Aid Account - State, Accident Account - State, Construction Regis Inspect Acct - State, other funds)
