WSR 18-03-080

PERMANENT RULES

[Filed January 15, 2018, 10:49 a.m., effective February 16, 2018]

Effective Date of Rule: February 16, 2018.

Purpose: The purpose is to clarify which leave an eligible employee must use prior to receiving shared leave from the uniformed services shared leave pool (USSLP) and the veterans' in-state service shared leave pool (VISSLP). Prior to receiving shared leave from the USSLP, an eligible employee must first use all of their accrued compensatory time, recognition leave, personal holiday, vacation leave, and paid military leave. Prior to receiving shared leave from the VISSLP, an eligible employee must first use all of their accrued compensatory time, recognition leave, personal holiday, sick leave, and vacation leave.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 357-31-687 and 357-31-797.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 41.06 RCW.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-24-065 on December 4, 2017.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: January 15, 2018.

Roselyn Marcus

Assistant Director of

Legal and Legislative Affairs