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Classification
4504.
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Applies to establishments engaged in the operation of indoor motion picture theaters, drive-in theaters, and live production theaters. This classification includes, but is not limited to, managers, stage hands, box office employees, projectionists, ushers, snack bar employees, parking lot attendants, security guards, sound system and lighting engineers, set builders, clerical office employees, and sales personnel. This classification includes the organization and management of nontheatrical events on theater-owned property, such as a "swap meet" on the grounds of an outdoor theater, when done by employees of an employer having operations subject to this classification.
This classification excludes performers in live theater such as, but not limited to, actors, entertainers, and musicians who are to be reported separately in
6605 or
6620 as applicable; nontheater employees engaged in setting up stage lighting and sound systems who are to be reported separately in classification
0601 or
0608 as applicable; and nontheater employees engaged in building and setting up props and sets who are to be reported separately in classification
0516.
Special note: Theatrical productions often involve independent contractors. The independent contractor tests found in RCW 51.08.180 and 51.08.195 should be applied when reviewing the status of individuals such as, but not limited to, the playwright, composer, set designer, costume designer, lighting and sound designers, and videographer. Care should be exercised when assigning this classification as the entertainers or musicians may be exempt from coverage as specified in RCW 51.12.020(9).