WSR 16-11-055

PERMANENT RULES

OFFICE OF

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

[Filed May 13, 2016, 12:22 p.m., effective June 20, 2016]

Effective Date of Rule: June 20, 2016.

Purpose: This rule amendment was requested by several higher education institutions to clarify the way an employee's periodic increment date (PID) is adjusted. Adjusting for any ten days of leave without pay (LWOP) in the month ensures that the PID is deferred appropriately when the LWOP crosses into two separate months. This change also coincides with how sick leave and vacation leave are adjusted.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 357-31-346.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 41.06 RCW.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-08-074 on April 4, 2016.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: May 13, 2016.

Roselyn Marcus

Assistant Director for

Legal and Legislative Affairs

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 05-12-081, filed 5/27/05, effective 7/1/05)

WAC 357-31-346 Does leave without pay affect a higher education employee's periodic increment date?

For a higher education employee, the periodic increment date will be moved forward by one month when any period of leave without pay which exceeds ten working days in a month ((or ten consecutive working days)) except when the leave without pay is taken for:

(1) Military leave of absence without pay as provided in WAC 357-31-370;

(2) Compensable work-related injury or illness leave; and/or

(3) Scheduled periods of leave without pay for cyclic appointments in accordance with WAC 357-19-295.