Enforcements for 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.