§ 50A.15.010 Employee eligibility
§ 50A.15.020 Benefit — Amount and duration
§ 50A.15.030 Employee notice to employer
§ 50A.15.040 Application for benefits
§ 50A.15.050 Timing of benefit payments — Employer contest of application
§ 50A.15.060 Benefit exclusions and disqualifications — Employee penalties
§ 50A.15.065 Expiration of leave entitlement
§ 50A.15.070 Federal income taxes — Withholding
§ 50A.15.080 Child support obligations — Withholding
§ 50A.15.090 Repayment and recovery of benefit overpayments
§ 50A.15.100 Unemployment compensation, industrial insurance, and disability insurance laws — Effect on title
§ 50A.15.110 Leave available under other laws — Coordination
§ 50A.15.120 Assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of right to benefits due or payable void — Exemptions
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 50A.15 - Benefits

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
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  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.