January 2024 | Issue 45

WA Cares & Paid Leave: Q4 reporting

Reminder that new reporting requirements took effect Oct. 1

Remember to report for WA Cares

• You now report wages and hours for Paid Leave and WA Cares at the same time on the same report. But you will make two separate payments — one for each program — because each program has a separate trust fund.

No payroll? Let us know

• If you do not have payroll for the quarter, you now need to log in to your employer account and report “no payroll."

Learn more about filing reports at paidleave.wa.gov/reporting.

Paid Leave: 2024 premiums

As of Jan. 1, 2024:

• The total premium rate decreased to 0.74%.
• Employers pay 28.57% of the total premium and employees pay 
  71.43%.
• Businesses classified by the Employment Security Department as having fewer than 50 employees for the 2024 calendar year are not required to pay the employer portion of the premium. However, you must still collect the employee premium or pay employees’ premiums on their behalf.

Learn more on our website

Updated resources are available at paidleave.wa.gov for you and your employees, including:

• An updated premium estimator.
• Premium rate calculations.
• More reporting information for you.

WA Cares: Attend an informational webinar

WA Cares Basics: What Workers Need to Know

Join us to learn more about what long term care includes, how caregiving responsibilities impact families and the workplace, who contributes to the fund, how exemptions work, how workers will meet contribution requirements (including a pathway for near retirees) and more.

Live captions and ASL interpretation will be available.

Thursday, Jan. 18, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Register now!

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