A regulation adopted by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries requires former employers, within 10 workdays of a written request by a former employee who has been discharged, to provide the employee with a written statement setting forth the reason(s) for the discharge.
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Send a letter to your former employer asking for the reason(s) you were discharged
To obtain a written explanation identifying the reason(s) why you were discharged, you must provide your former employer with a written request. Although not specifically required by the regulation, sending a certified return-receipt letter to the former employer is a good idea for purposes of documenting that it was received by the former employer.
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Your former employer's obligations
According to the L&I regulation, the former employer must furnish a signed written statement setting forth the reason(s) and effective date of the discharge within 10 working days of the former employee's written request.
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