Temporary staffing companies provide workers for other businesses. These workers fill short-term or long-term temporary positions, sometimes known as “temp help” work. Temporary staffing companies are unique because they continue to pay the worker while the worker is under a contract to provide temporary help to another company.
The temporary staffing company pays the required workers’ compensation premiums for these employees. However, if they fail to do so, the client customer is responsible for the unpaid premium.
The temporary staffing industry has its own workers’ compensation risk classes and rates. There are 19 special risk classes that apply only to temporary staffing companies. Click on the link to see the base rate for each risk class.
| Risk class | Risk class title |
| 7104 | Administrative Staff |
| 7105 | Office Support Services |
| 7106 | Retail or Wholesale Store Services |
| 7107 | Food Services, Musicians or Entertainers |
| 7108 | Warehousing Services |
| 7109 | Light Assembly Work |
| 7110 | Field Technical Services |
| 7111 | Health Care Services |
| 7112 | Agricultural Service |
| 7113 | Maintenance Services |
| 7114 | Assembly Work and Freight Handling |
| 7115 | Food Processing Services |
| 7116 | Flagging for Public Utility Construction |
| 7117 | Machine Operators and Skilled Craftsmen |
| 7118 | Flagging for Construction Services NOC |
| 7119 | Vehicle Operations |
| 7120 | Hazardous Waste Services, Maritime Operations |
| 7121 | Logging and Aircraft Services |
| 7122 | Laborers for Manufacturing |
The Temporary Staffing Risk Classification Request form is for temporary staffing companies that need to add risk classes to their account for reporting workers placed with client industries. This form must be submitted whenever a new risk class assignment is needed for your account. Please complete a separate form for each new client.
Options to submit the form:
- Email the completed form to your L&I account manager.
- Login to My L&I and send it as an attachment in a Secure Message to your L&I account manager.
- Fax or mail it to L&I. The fax number and mailing address are on the form.
Note: All risk class decisions for your account are made by an L&I account manager.
If you know your client's risk class(es) or job descriptions:
- Review the Temporary Staffing Risk Classes tab.
- Select the risk class that best matches your client's job descriptions.
- The base rate is listed with the risk class description.
If you don’t know your client's risk class(es) or job descriptions:
- Use the Verify a Business tool to find your clients risk class and description. Under the Workers’ Comp section, click on “Workers’ comp rates” to view the risk classes.
- Use the Risk Class Lookup tool to research the risk class numbers on your client's account to find the corresponding temp staffing risk classes.
Note: These are the base rates for the risk class. Your actual rate will depend on the workers’ compensation claims and hours reported on your L&I account.
This small card, which can fit in your employee’s wallet, provides guidance if they are injured on the job. If one of your employees is injured at work, they can reference the card when they file a claim. This will help ensure that the L&I claim is assigned to the correct account.
1. Download the FileFast Wallet Card.
2. Fill it out with your company’s name and UBI.
3. Print and provide a card to each of your employees or send them a PDF.