In accordance with 29 C.F.R. Part 825, an eligible employee is an employee who has worked for the state for at least twelve months and for at least one thousand two hundred fifty hours during the previous twelve-month period. Vacation leave, sick leave, temporary salary reduction leave, the personal holiday, compensatory time off, or shared leave is not counted towards the one thousand two hundred and fifty hour eligibility requirement.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 11-19-091, § 357-31-530, filed 9/20/11, effective 10/24/11; 05-21-061, § 357-31-530, filed 10/13/05, effective 11/15/05; 05-12-090, § 357-31-530, filed 5/27/05, effective 7/1/05; 05-08-140, § 357-31-530, filed 4/6/05, effective 7/1/05.]