Persons employed to work one thousand fifty hours or less (1050 hours or less) in any twelve consecutive month period from the original date of hire or October 1, 1989, whichever is later, are exempt from civil service rules.
Employees who are either exempt under this subsection or exceptions authorized under WAC
357-19-440, and who work more than three hundred fifty (350) hours in any twelve consecutive month period from the original date of hire or January 1, 2004, whichever is later, may be included in an appropriate bargaining unit for purposes of collective bargaining, as determined by the public employment relations commission. Overtime and time worked as a student employee under the provisions of WAC
357-04-040 are not counted in the three-hundred fifty (350) hours.
Temporary appointment under the provisions of this section may be subject to remedial action in accordance with WAC
357-19-450, if the number of hours worked exceeds one thousand fifty hours (1050 hours) in any twelve (12) consecutive month period from the original date of hire or October 1, 1989, whichever is later. Overtime and time worked as a student employee under the provisions of WAC
357-04-040 are not counted in the one thousand fifty (1050) hours.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 04-15-016, § 357-04-045, filed 7/8/04, effective 7/1/05.]