Compensation that a member receives for periods of absence due to sickness or injury are not payments for services rendered unless the payments are authorized pursuant to sick leave earned by the member for services rendered, see WAC 415-110-456. Certain specific types of payments for periods of absence due to sickness or injury have been included within the statutory definition of compensation earnable and therefore qualify as reportable compensation.

(1) Assault pay qualifies as reportable compensation only to the extent authorized by RCW 27.04.100, 72.01.045, and 72.09.240.

(2) Imputed compensation for periods of duty disability that a member would have received but for a disability occurring in the line of duty qualify as reportable compensation only to the extent authorized by RCW 41.35.070.

(3) Shared leave.

(a) Compensation that an employee, as defined in RCW 41.04.655, receives due to participation in a leave sharing program to the extent authorized by RCW 41.04.650 through 41.04.670 qualifies as reportable compensation.

(b) Shared leave payments received by members who are not state employees, do not qualify as reportable compensation. Such payments are not for services rendered, nor are they specifically included within the statutory definition of compensation earnable.