PERMANENT RULES
Purpose: These rules pertain to the effect of leave without pay on a higher education employee's periodic increment date and seniority date.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 357-16-130.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 41.06 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-09-109 on April 20, 2005.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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 24, 2005.
Eva N. Santos
Director
(1) If there are names on the employer's internal layoff list for the class, all eligible candidates on the internal layoff list are certified to the employing official. Internal promotional candidates, as defined by the employer's promotional policy, may also be certified.
(((2) If there are no names on the employer's internal
layoff list and there are names on the statewide layoff list
for the class, all eligible candidates on the statewide layoff
list must be certified to the employing official. Internal
promotional candidates, as defined by the employer's
promotional policy, may also be certified. If the
certification of candidates from the statewide layoff list and
internal promotional candidates does not result in at least
ten (10) eligible candidates being certified, the employer may
certify other eligible candidates. If a general government
employer certifies other eligible candidates, all transition
pool candidates who satisfy the competencies and other
position requirements must be certified.))
(((3) If there are no names on the internal or statewide
layoff list, the employer may then certify other available
eligible candidates. For general government employers, all
transition pool candidates who satisfy the competencies and
other position requirements must be certified. Any preference
granted to promotional candidates must be in accordance with
the employer's promotional policies as required by WAC 357-16-150.))
(2) If there are no names on the internal layoff list, the employer:
(a) Must certify:
• All statewide layoff candidates who satisfy the competencies and other position requirements; and
• For general government employers, all transition pool candidates who satisfy the competencies and other position requirements.
(b) May then certify other available eligible candidates. Any preference granted to promotional candidates must be in accordance with the employer's promotional policies as required by WAC 357-16-150.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 05-01-200, § 357-16-130, filed 12/21/04, effective 7/1/05.]
Reviser's note: The bracketed material preceding the section above was supplied by the code reviser's office.