PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Exempt from preproposal statement of inquiry under RCW 34.05.310(4).
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 357-46-125 What happens if an employee does not complete the transition review period?
Hearing Location(s): Department of Personnel, 521 Capitol Way South, Olympia, WA, on May 13, 2010, at 8:30 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: May 13, 2010.
Submit Written Comments to: Connie Goff, Department of Personnel, P.O. Box 47500, e-mail connieg@dop.wa.gov, fax (360) 586-4694, by May 5, 2010. FOR DOP TRACKING PURPOSES PLEASE NOTE ON SUBMITTED COMMENTS "FORMAL COMMENT."
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact department of personnel by May 5, 2010, TTY (360) 753-4107 or (360) 586-8260.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The current rules do not specify a notice period for an employee receiving notification that they are being separated from a position during a transition review period. We are proposing that the notice period be the same as the notice period of a trial service reversion which is seven calendar days.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 41.06 RCW.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 41.06.150.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Kristie Wilson, 521 Capital Way South, (360) 664-6408; Implementation and Enforcement: Department of personnel.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328.
April 7, 2010
Eva N. Santos
Director
OTS-3054.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 05-12-078, filed 5/27/05,
effective 7/1/05)
WAC 357-46-125
What happens if an employee does not
complete the transition review period?
(1) The employer may
involuntarily separate an employee from a position during the
transition review period or the employee may choose to
voluntarily separate from a position. The employer must give
seven calendar days' written notice to an employee who is
being separated during a transition review period. If during
the last seven days of the transition review period, the
employee commits an egregious act which warrants separation,
the employer may immediately separate the employee without
seven calendar days' notice. An employee may voluntarily
separate a maximum of three times as a result of a single
layoff action.
(2) When an employee who is serving a transition review period following appointment to a position as a layoff option is separated from the position during the transition review period, the following applies:
(a) The employee must be provided with a layoff option in accordance with WAC 357-46-035 if the employer involuntarily separates the employee; or
(b) The employee's name is placed on any layoff lists for which the employee is eligible if the employee voluntarily separates.
(3) When an employee who is serving a transition review
period following appointment from a layoff list or the general
government transition pool is separated from the position
during a transition review period, the employee's name is
reinstated on any layoff list from which it was removed at the
time of placement in the position. The employee remains on
the list until the employee's initial eligibility expires or
((he/she is)) they are rehired. The time served during the
transition review period does not extend the period of
eligibility for a layoff list or the transition pool.
(4) Separation during the transition review period is not subject to appeal.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 05-12-078, § 357-46-125, filed 5/27/05, effective 7/1/05; 04-18-114, § 357-46-125, filed 9/1/04, effective 7/1/05.]