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Washington State is at-will, but assumes ex-employees get UI payments unless the employer and the situation meets specific requirements. Any doubt and the decision goes to the employee.
This can be a workload as many employees seem immature for their age, expecting pay and raises for questionable behavior. But it's how they were raised....and now employers have to take over parenting. Not a good use of time.
On the other hand, I've seen terminations that have been arbitrary, fueled by the social/mental problems of the supervisor, who then lied to try to make it all seem proper.
So, we know the rules, build the required documentation for dysfunctional employees, then boot them and have had minimal UI payments over the last 35 years.
A number of employees were ok, just simply weren't a good fit for us. We worked to help them get alternative jobs with area employers so there simply was no down-time or UI payments. They just slid from one job to the next.
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James
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