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Washington Long-Term Care Paycheck Deduction Collections Halted
employers have been instructed to postpone employee paycheck deductions until corrective legislation is enacted, which is estimated to be in spring 2022
February 4, 2022
Washington Long-Term Care Paycheck Deduction Collections Halted
In mid-2021, the Washington Legislature passed the first law of its kind establishing a long-term care program for eligible individuals that would be funded 100% from employee paycheck contributions. The program benefits would not activate until 2025, but collections for funding were to start in January 2022. The Governor and legislative leaders jointly announced this winter that the program is not ready to start collections and would be refined to accommodate various concerns; therefore, employers have been instructed to postpone employee paycheck deductions until corrective legislation is enacted, which is estimated to be in spring 2022 (see link).
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