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.