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Enforcements for Department of Labor and Industries

Casesort descending Agency Violation/Result Penalty Amount Laws RCW
1999-027 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries supervisor may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they participated in a safety inspection of a private company which was cited then later assisted the company in resolving the same citation.

Result: Settlement approved on April 12, 2002, imposing a Civil penalty in the amount of $250 with $250 suspended and an additional $250 for investigative costs.

$250 RCW 42.52.080
2002-062 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they generated and stored non-work-related documents such as personal stories, genealogy, expense budge, sports and photos. They also accessed personal Yahoo account, sent and received personal emails, accessed non-work-related Internet sits and made 275 personal calls using their SCAN code.

Result: Settlement approved on September 12, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $500. The Board also issued a Letter of Reprimand

$500 RCW 42.52.160
2002-063 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they generated and stored non-work-related documents including crochet instructions, receipts, personal check register spreadsheet, personal workout spreadsheet, application and resume of a family member and personal letters.

Result: Settlement approved on September 12, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $750 with $250 suspended. The Board also issued a Letter of Reprimand.

$750 RCW 42.52.160
2002-064 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they generated and stored non-work-related documents including receipts, articles, personal letters, personal finance spreadsheet and cartoons. In addition, they accessed over 25 Internet websites for non-work-related purposes, stored personal photos on state owned computer, accessed personal Hotmail account and sent and received over 240 emails regarding jokes, trivia, history and sports.

Result: Settlement approved on September 12, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $500. The Board also issued a Letter of Reprimand.

$500 RCW 42.52.160
2002-065 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they sent and received over 650 personal emails, accessed at least 20 non-work-related Internet sites and generated and stored 60 personal documents.

Result: Settlement approved on September 12, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $500. The Board also issued a Letter of Reprimand.

$500 RCW 42.52.160
2007-020 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal use including streaming music from the internet for hours at a time.

Result: Settlement approved on November 14, 2008 for a Civil penalty of $500 with $250 suspended.

$500 RCW 42.52.160
2008-128 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A former employee with the Department of Labor and Industries was found to have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to store hundreds of sexually explicit/pornographic images and video, access many non-job-related web sites, allowed family members to use their state issued laptop, removed their state computer and took it on a personal trip to British Columbia, where they accessed sexually explicit websites and Craigslist personal ads.

Result: A Final Order was issued on December 2, 2013. No civil penalty was entered due to a pending Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy RCW 42.52.160
2011-035 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: An employee of the Department of Labor and Industries may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources on 1,580 hits on non-work-related websites over an 8-month period and stored nearly 400 non-work-related emails on their computer over a 6-month period.

Result: Settlement approved on March 16, 2012 for a civil penalty of $1,500.

$1,500 RCW 42.52.160
2012-013 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A former Department of Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal gain. Evidence indicated that knowing they were going to retire, they used state funds to purchase seminar materials and took them with them when they left state service.

Result: Settlement approved on March 14, 2014 for a civil penalty of $1,000 and an additional $2,480 in restitution to the agency for the original cost of the materials.

$1,000 RCW 42.52.160
2013-016 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: An employee of the Department of Labor and Industries may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal interests.

Result: Settlement approved on November 8, 2013 for a civil penalty of $1,500 with $800 suspended.

$1,500 RCW 42.52.160
2015-073 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A former Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for their personal benefit and gain. Evidence indicated that they used a state vehicle for personal use, had subordinates drive to personal appointments, errands and on shopping trips. They also had subordinates do work for them at their residence, dog sit while on vacation and purchase items from them such as jewelry and vitamins.

Result: An agreed stipulation was approved on September 9, 2016 imposing a civil penalty of $4,000.

$4,000 RCW 42.52.020, RCW 42.52.070, RCW 42.52.160
2016-065 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: An Occupational Nurse Consultant agree that they may have used state resources for their private benefit and gain in support of their outside business and a charitable organization they founded.

Result: An agreed settlement was approved on July 14, 2017 imposing a civil penalty of $4,500 with $2,000 suspended.

$4,500 RCW 42.52.160
2018-027 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee agreed that they may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by participating in outside employment with a business they had regulatory and compliance responsibilities over.

Result: An agreed Stipulation was entered on January 11, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $2,000 with $500 suspended.

$2,000 RCW 42.52.020
2018-028 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee agreed that they may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by participating in outside employment with a business that they had regulatory and compliance responsibilities over.

Result: An agreed Stipulation was entered on January 11, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $2,000 with $500 suspended.

$2,000 RCW 42.52.020
2018-029 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Act when they participated in outside employment with a business they had regulatory and compliance responsibilities over.

Result: A Stipulated agreement was entered on March 8, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $3,000 with $500 suspended.

$3,000 RCW 42.52.020
2018-038 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Regional Supervisor with the Department of Labor and Industries may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources to park their personal vehicle while on a two-week vacation.

Result: An agreed Stipulation was entered on January 11, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $300.

$300 RCW 42.52.160
2019-041 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A former Safety and Health Specialist 3 with the Department of Labor and Industries, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for private benefit and gain and participated in activities incompatible with public duties.

Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on September 11, 2020 imposing a civil penalty of $3,500.

$3,500 RCW 42.52.160
2021-035 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: An IT Application Development - Journey/Web Technical Lead and Application Developer with the Department of Labor and Industries may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by encouraging members of the LNI Wellness 360 Facebook group to join Planet Fitness, and to provide their name to the gym if they joined. Additionally, they used state resources, work time and the time of other LNI employees to assist their case before the Executive Ethics Board.

Result: A Final Order was issued on March 25, 2024, imposing a civil penalty of $2,000.

$2,000 RCW 42.52.070, RCW 42.52.160
2021-037 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A former IT Application Developer for the Department of Labor and Industries, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources to email information about a strike for Walkout Wednesday regarding the Governor’s vaccine mandate.

Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on May 13, 2022 imposing a civil penalty of $750.

$750 RCW 42.52.160
2021-050 Department of Labor and Industries

Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries Revenue Agent violated RCW 42.52.050 Confidential Information by accessing a confidential database in order to file a complaint against another Labor and Industries employee.

Result: A Final Order was issued on April 13, 2023 imposing a civil penalty of $3,750.

3750 RCW 42.52.050