(1) If an employee is currently at step L of a salary range, the employee will progress to step M of that same salary range six years from the date they were advanced or appointed to step L. The progression to step M is regardless of what has transpired in the six years since the employee was appointed to step L, provided that the employee is at step L in the same pay range as the pay range the employee was in at the beginning of the six-year period except in accordance with WAC
357-28-088.
(2) With director approval, higher education institutions may make all movements to step M effective:
(a) The first of the current month for actions occurring between the first and the 15th of the month; or
(b) The first of the following month for actions occurring between the 16th and the end of the month.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
41.06.133 and
41.06.150. WSR 23-24-022, § 357-28-086, filed 11/28/23, effective 1/1/24. Statutory Authority: Chapter
41.06 RCW. WSR 13-19-043, § 357-28-086, filed 9/13/13, effective 10/18/13.]