Report on impact of strikes on unemployment insurance trust fund. (Expires January 1, 2036.)

(1) By December 31, 2026, and continuing annually each year through 2035, the department must submit a report to the legislature on the prevalence of strikes occurring within Washington and the impact of strikes on the unemployment insurance trust fund. The report must include, at a minimum: (a) The total number of strikes occurring that year within Washington, the industry sectors in which strikes occurred, the number of employees that participated in each strike, the number of unemployment claims paid to workers participating in the strike, the total amount of unemployment benefits paid, the number of employers who experienced a rate class increase in the year following a labor strike, including the rate class for each employer without identifying information for the year prior to the strike and for the year following the strike, any increase in the social cost factor rate from the year prior to the strike and the year following the strike, and the benefits paid which are charged to employers who make payments in lieu of contributions; (b) The sum totals of all previous years' information required under (a) of this subsection since January 1, 2026; and(c) The sum totals of the information required in (a) of this subsection for each year in the 10 years prior to January 1, 2026, as well as the sum of those 10 years. (2) This section expires January 1, 2036.