TLC v. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPT.

No. 61703-6-I.

205 P.3d 924 (2009)

The LANGUAGE CONNECTION, LLC, Appellant, v. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT OF the STATE of Washington, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

April 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Wayne Meyer, Bullivant Houser Bailey P.C., Vancouver, WA, for Appellant.

Mary Maureen Tennyson, Washington Atty. General, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.


LAU, J.

¶ 1 The Language Connection (TLC) is a services referral agency for language interpreters. The Employment Security Department concluded that the interpreters were engaged in employment for TLC and the company was liable for unemployment insurance contributions. The plain language of RCW 50.04.245 requires that before a services referral agency like TLC is liable, it must be responsible for compensating the workers it refers. Because TLC is not responsible...

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