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If you’re planning to join the hundreds-of-thousands of Washington workers who have filed to opt-out of the state’s new long-term care benefit, officials at the state’s Employment Security Department (ESD) say it’s better to apply sooner than later.
The state will begin collecting the tax that funds the benefit — which is 0.58% of a worker’s total wages — on Jan. 1 of next year. If you apply for an exemption any time after that date, your wages will be garnished until the end of the quarter in which you applied, according
