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WSR 11-14-079
[ Filed June 30, 2011, 8:55 p.m. ]
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 357-31-225 When employees separate from state service, are they entitled to a lump sum payment of unused vacation leave?, 357-31-150 Can an employee be paid for accrued sick leave?, 357-31-245 What happens if an employee uses accrued vacation leave, accrued sick leave, accrued compensatory time, recognition leave, accrued temporary salary reduction leave, or receives holiday pay during a period when he/she is receiving time loss compensation?, 357-31-255 What types of leave may an employee use when absent from work or arriving late to work because of inclement weather?, 357-28-260 At what rate must overtime be compensated?, 357-31-265 What is the effect of suspended operations on employees who are not required to work during the closure?, 357-31-390 What criteria does an employee have to meet to be eligible to receive shared leave?, 357-31-535 Who designates absences which meet the criteria of the Family and Medical Leave Act?, 357-31-530 Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, how is an eligible employee defined?, and 357-28-285 When must compensatory time be paid in cash?
Hearing Location(s): Department of Personnel, 521 Capitol Way South, Olympia, WA, on August 11, 2011, at 8:30 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: August 11, 2011.
Submit Written Comments to: Connie Goff, Department of Personnel, P.O. Box 47500, e-mail connieg@dop.wa.gov, fax (360) 586-4694, by August 4, 2011. FOR DOP TRACKING PURPOSES PLEASE NOTE ON SUBMITTED COMMENTS "FORMAL COMMENT."
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact department of personnel by August 4, 2011, TTY (360) 753-4107 or (360) 586-8260.
OTS-4049.2
WAC 357-28-260 At what rate must overtime be compensated? Overtime worked by an overtime eligible employee must be compensated at a rate of one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. Compensation for overtime worked between July 1, 2011, and June 29, 2013, will not be subject to the three percent temporary salary reduction under chapter 39, Laws of 2011.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 05-01-205, § 357-28-260, filed 12/21/04, effective 7/1/05.]
OTS-4073.2
WAC 357-28-285 When must compensatory time be paid in cash? (1) The accumulation of unused compensatory time of any amount that exceeds two hundred forty hours, or four hundred eighty hours for employees engaged in public safety or emergency response activity, must be paid in cash at the regular rate earned by the employee at the time the employee receives such payment. Payments made between July 1, 2011, and June 29, 2013, will not be subject to the three percent temporary salary reduction under chapter 39, Laws of 2011.
(2) Upon termination of employment, an employee must be paid for unused compensatory time in accordance with applicable state and federal law. Payments made between July 1, 2011, and June 29, 2013, will not be subject to the three percent temporary salary reduction under chapter 39, Laws of 2011.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 05-01-205, § 357-28-285, filed 12/21/04, effective 7/1/05.]
OTS-4046.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 09-11-068, filed 5/14/09, effective 6/16/09)
(b) Monetary compensation for converted hours is paid at the rate of twenty-five percent and is based on the employee's current salary. Monetary compensation for converted hours which is paid between July 1, 2011, and June 29, 2013, will not be subject to a temporary salary reduction.
(d) Hours which are accrued, donated and returned from the shared leave program in the same calendar year may be included in the converted hours for monetary compensation.
(2) Employees who separate from state service because of retirement or death must be compensated for their total unused sick leave accumulation at the rate of twenty-five percent. The employer may deposit equivalent funds for a retiring employee in a medical expense plan as provided in WAC 357-31-375. Compensation must be based on the employee's salary at the time of separation. Compensation for unused sick leave which is paid between July 1, 2011, and June 29, 2013, will not be subject to a temporary salary reduction. For the purpose of this subsection, retirement does not include "vested out-of-service" employees who leave funds on deposit with the department of retirement systems (DRS).
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 09-11-068, § 357-31-150, filed 5/14/09, effective 6/16/09; 08-07-062, § 357-31-150, filed 3/17/08, effective 4/18/08; 07-11-095, § 357-31-150, filed 5/16/07, effective 7/1/07; 07-03-051, § 357-31-150, filed 1/12/07, effective 2/15/07; 05-08-136, § 357-31-150, filed 4/6/05, effective 7/1/05.]
OTS-4045.1
WAC 357-31-225 When employees separate from state service, are they entitled to a lump sum payment of unused vacation leave? (1) When an employee who has completed six continuous months of employment separates from service by reason of resignation with adequate notice, layoff, trial service reversion, separation, dismissal, retirement, or death, the employee is entitled to a lump sum payment of unused vacation leave. The payment is computed by using the formula published by the office of financial management. Payments made between July 1, 2011, and June 29, 2013, will not be subject to a temporary salary reduction. No contributions are to be made to the department of retirement systems (DRS) for lump sum payment of excess vacation leave accumulated under the provisions of WAC 357-31-215(2), nor shall such payment be reported to the DRS as compensation.
(2) General government permanent employees may defer the payment of accumulated vacation leave to which they are entitled for a period of thirty calendar days in any of these circumstances:
(a) If the separation resulted from a layoff, trial service reversion, or conclusion of a project or nonpermanent appointment and there is a reasonable probability of reemployment((,)); or
(b) If the separation resulted from an employee returning to a classified position from an exempt position under the provision of RCW 41.06.070.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 05-08-137, § 357-31-225, filed 4/6/05, effective 7/1/05.]
OTS-4047.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 09-17-062, filed 8/13/09, effective 9/16/09)
WAC 357-31-245 What happens if an employee uses accrued vacation leave, accrued sick leave, accrued compensatory time, recognition leave, accrued temporary salary reduction leave, or receives holiday pay during a period when he/she is receiving time loss compensation? An employee who uses accrued vacation leave, accrued sick leave, accrued compensatory time, recognition leave, accrued temporary salary reduction leave, or receives holiday pay during a period when he/she is receiving time loss compensation is entitled to time-loss compensation and full pay for vacation leave, sick leave, compensatory time, recognition leave, temporary salary reduction leave, and holiday pay.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 09-17-062, § 357-31-245, filed 8/13/09, effective 9/16/09; 05-08-137, § 357-31-245, filed 4/6/05, effective 7/1/05.]
OTS-4048.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-11-093, filed 5/16/07, effective 7/1/07)
WAC 357-31-255 What types of leave may an employee use when absent from work or arriving late to work because of inclement weather? When the employer determines inclement weather conditions exist, the employer's leave policy governs the order in which accrued leave and compensatory time may be used to account for the time an employee is absent from work due to the inclement weather. The employer's policy must allow the use of accrued vacation leave, accrued sick leave up to a maximum of three days in any calendar year, accrued temporary salary reduction leave, and the use of leave without pay in lieu of paid leave at the request of the employee. The employer's policy may allow leave with pay when an employee is absent due to inclement weather.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 07-11-093, § 357-31-255, filed 5/16/07, effective 7/1/07; 05-08-137, § 357-31-255, filed 4/6/05, effective 7/1/05.]
OTS-4050.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-11-096, filed 5/16/07, effective 7/1/07)
WAC 357-31-265 What is the effect of suspended operations on employees who are not required to work during the closure? At a minimum, employees not required to work during suspended operations must be allowed to use their personal holiday ((or)), accrued vacation leave, or accrued temporary salary reduction leave. Overtime eligible employees must also be allowed to use accrued compensatory time to account for the time lost due to the closure. Overtime eligible employees may be allowed to use leave without pay and given an opportunity to make up work time lost (as a result of suspended operations) within the work week. For overtime eligible employees, compensation for making up lost work time must be in accordance with WAC 357-28-255, 357-28-260, and 357-28-265 if it causes the employee to work in excess of forty hours in the workweek, and must be part of the employer's suspended operations procedures. The amount of compensation earned under this section must not exceed the amount of salary lost by the employee due to suspended operation.
If the employer's suspended operations procedure allows, employees may be released without a loss in pay.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 07-11-096, § 357-31-265, filed 5/16/07, effective 7/1/07; 05-08-137, § 357-31-265, filed 4/6/05, effective 7/1/05.]
OTS-4051.1
(d) The employee is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking as defined in RCW 41.04.655; or
(2) The illness, injury, impairment, condition, call to service, emergency volunteer service, consequence of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or temporary layoff under chapter 32, Laws of 2010, has caused, or is likely to cause, the employee to:
(4) The employee has depleted or will shortly deplete their:
(a) Compensatory time, recognition leave as described in WAC 357-31-565, personal holiday, accrued vacation leave, accrued temporary salary reduction leave, and accrued sick leave if the employee qualifies under subsection (1)(a) of this section; or
(b) Compensatory time, recognition leave as described in WAC 357-31-565, personal holiday, accrued vacation leave, accrued temporary salary reduction leave, and paid military leave allowed under RCW 38.40.060 if the employee qualifies under subsection (1)(b) of this section; or
(c) Compensatory time, recognition leave as described in WAC 357-31-565, personal holiday, accrued temporary salary reduction leave, and accrued vacation leave if the employee qualifies under (1)(c) or (d) of this section; or
(d) Compensatory time, recognition leave as described in WAC 357-31-565, accrued temporary salary reduction leave, and accrued vacation leave if the employee qualifies under subsection (1)(e) of this section.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 10-23-120, § 357-31-390, filed 11/17/10, effective 12/18/10; 08-15-043, § 357-31-390, filed 7/11/08, effective 10/1/08; 08-07-063, § 357-31-390, filed 3/17/08, effective 4/18/08; 07-17-126, § 357-31-390, filed 8/20/07, effective 9/20/07; 05-08-139, § 357-31-390, filed 4/6/05, effective 7/1/05.]
OTS-4103.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 05-21-061, filed 10/13/05, effective 11/15/05)
WAC 357-31-530 Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, how is an eligible employee defined? In accordance with 29 CFR Part 825, an eligible employee is an employee who has worked for the state for at least twelve months and for at least one thousand two hundred fifty hours during the previous twelve-month period. Vacation leave, sick leave, temporary salary reduction leave, the personal holiday, compensatory time off, or shared leave is not counted towards the one thousand two hundred and fifty hour eligibility requirement.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 05-21-061, § 357-31-530, filed 10/13/05, effective 11/15/05; 05-12-090, § 357-31-530, filed 5/27/05, effective 7/1/05; 05-08-140, § 357-31-530, filed 4/6/05, effective 7/1/05.]
OTS-4052.1
WAC 357-31-535 Who designates absences which meet the criteria of the Family and Medical Leave Act? The employer designates absences which meet the criteria of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Paid or unpaid leave used for that designated absence must be counted towards the twelve weeks of the Family and Medical Leave Act entitlement. Time spent on temporary salary reduction leave will not count towards the twelve weeks of the Family and Medical Leave Act entitlement.
Because the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) does not recognize registered domestic partners, an absence to care for an employee's registered domestic partner is not counted towards the twelve weeks of the Family and Medical Leave Act entitlement.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 09-17-056 and 09-18-113, § 357-31-535, filed 8/13/09 and 9/2/09, effective 12/3/09; 05-08-140, § 357-31-535, filed 4/6/05, effective 7/1/05.]
WAC 357-31-740 What is temporary salary reduction (TSR) leave and which employees are eligible to earn TSR leave? Temporary salary reduction (TSR) leave is paid leave prescribed under chapter 39, Laws of 2011. Employees who are subject to the three percent temporary salary reduction under chapter 39, Laws of 2011 may be credited up to a maximum of 5.2 hours of TSR leave per month.
WAC 357-31-745 What provisions apply to temporary salary reduction (TSR) leave? (1) Full-time employees whose pay has been reduced in accordance with chapter 39, Laws of 2011 and who have been in pay status for 80 nonovertime hours in a month will accrue 5.2 hours of TSR leave. Time spent on temporary layoff as provided in WAC 357-46-063 is considered time in pay status for the purpose of this subsection.
(2) Part-time employees earn TSR leave on a pro rata basis in accordance with WAC 357-31-125.
(3) Employees may use TSR leave as soon as it is accrued.
(4) Employers must identify how employees will request the use of TSR leave.
(5) There is no requirement for TSR leave to be used prior to sick leave or vacation leave unless the employer specifies otherwise.
(6) An employee's request to use TSR leave must be approved under the following conditions:
(7) In accordance with the employer's leave policy, approval for the reasons listed in (6)(a) through (f) above may be subject to verification that the condition or circumstance exists.
(8) TSR leave has no cash value and balances must be used by July 1, 2013; however, employees may carry forward up to 16 hours of TSR leave that must be used prior to September 1, 2013.
(9) TSR leave may not be donated as shared leave.
(10) TSR leave may be approved for any reason vacation leave and sick leave may be approved.
(11) Unused TSR leave transfers with an employee when the employee changes state employers, without a break in service, and moves to a position which earns TSR leave.
(12) Time spent on temporary layoff as provided in WAC 357-46-063 will not impact an employees TSR leave accrual.