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ESD seeks to streamline reports and clarify WARN Act confidentiality; committee members urge transparency

Employment Security Department Unemployment Insurance Advisory Committee · December 10, 2025
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Summary

ESD proposed shifting several legislative reports into committee reports and made two WARN Act changes (exclude tribes from employer definition and allow confidentiality of employee names/addresses); advisory members voiced transparency and stakeholder outreach concerns.

The Employment Security Department told its advisory committee that it is pursuing agency-request bills to streamline reporting and clarify aspects of the Washington WARN Act.

Government relations director Josh Dye said the department proposes changing three legislative reports (confidentiality of ESD data; employment services for people with disabilities; impacts of work-search flexibilities) from full legislative…

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