Washington’s family-leave insurance premium rate will increase to 0.92% from 0.74% for 2025, the Employment Security Department said Oct. 23.
Employers with at least 50 employees will have to pay 28.48% of the premium rate, and employees will have to pay the remaining 71.52%, according to the department’s press release. Employers with fewer than 50 employees need not pay the employer portion of the premium but must still withhold and remit the employee portion.
The rate will rise in 2025 because the 2024 rate caused family-leave program expenditures to exceed revenue, according to the press release.
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