{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-50.38.040","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 50.38.040","heading":"Annual report.","body":"The department shall submit an annual report to the legislature and the governor that includes, but is not limited to:\n(1) Identification and analysis of industries in the United States, Washington state, and local labor markets with high levels of seasonal, cyclical, and structural unemployment;\n(2) The industries and local labor markets with plant closures and mass lay-offs and the number of affected workers;\n(3) An analysis of the major causes of plant closures and mass lay-offs;\n(4) The number of dislocated workers and persons who have exhausted their unemployment benefits, classified by industry, occupation, and local labor markets;\n(5) The experience of the unemployed in their efforts to become reemployed. This should include research conducted on the continuous wage and benefit history;\n(6) Five-year industry and occupational employment projections; and\n(7) Annual and hourly average wage rates by industry and occupation.","path":["Title 50","Chapter 50.38"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=50.38.040","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:24:41Z","sha256":"fce07a3ef0e74559402d34a7cdaa803bc9c96227759219524ccf83ba34538f8e","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-50.38.030","next":"us-wa/rcw-50.38.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}