RCW
41.40.175 and
41.40.710 identify payments received from the employer while on paid leave as reportable for PERS. Contributions are due on these payments to the extent they meet the following conditions:
(1) The payment is equal to the salary that you normally earn in your position; and
(2)
The payment is actually from the employer. Payments from an employer that are conditioned upon reimbursement from a third party are payments from the third party. Because the payments are not from the employer, they are not reportable compensation. The only exception is union leave paid by the employer subject to reimbursement from the union under the conditions specified in RCW
41.40.175 (Plan 1), RCW
41.40.710 (Plan 2), RCW
41.40.805 (Plan 3), and WAC
415-108-466.
Example: | Joe injures himself off the job and collects labor and industries payments instead of compensation from his employer. Because the payments are not from his employer, they are not reportable compensation. |
[Statutory Authority: RCW
41.50.050(5) and
41.40.710. WSR 02-03-120, § 415-108-465, filed 1/23/02, effective 3/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW
41.50.050. WSR 98-09-059, § 415-108-465, filed 4/17/98, effective 5/18/98.]