PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: July 13, 2000.
Purpose: This modification will give agencies flexibility to allow higher than 5% increase when employees promote. The amount of the increase shall remain on a step within the salary range of the class.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 356-14-140 Salary -- Increase on promotion.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.06.150.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-12-073 on June 6, 2000.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: September 1, 2000.
July 19, 2000
Dennis Karras
Secretary
(1) ((An)) The appointing authority shall advance
an employee who is promoted ((to a class whose base range is less
than six ranges higher than the base range of the former class
will advance)) to the step of the range for the new class which
is nearest to a minimum of 5% higher than the amount of the
prepromotional step. The appointing authority may authorize more
than a 5% increase, but the amount must be on a step within the
salary range for the class.
(2) ((An)) The appointing authority shall advance an
employee who is promoted under any one or more of the following
conditions ((shall advance)) to the step of the range for the new
class which is nearest to a minimum of 10% higher than the amount
of the prepromotional step. The appointing authority may
authorize more than a 10% increase, but the amount must be on a
step within the salary range for the class.
(a) When the employee is promoted to a class whose base range is six or more ranges higher than the base range of the employee's former class.
(b) When the employee is promoted over an intervening class in the same class series.
(c) When the employee is promoted from one class series to a higher class in a different series and over an intervening class in the new series which would have represented a promotion.
(d) When an employee's promotion requires a change of residence to another geographic area to be within a reasonable commuting distance of the new place of work.
(3) When an employee is promoted from a Y-rate salary, the Y-rate shall first terminate, and the promotional increase shall be calculated from the next-lower step of the range for the class from which promoted. The calculation will then be completed as illustrated in 1 or 2 of this section.
(((4) Any promotional increase must result in a salary which
is not less than the first, and not more than the top, step of
the range for the class to which the employee is promoted.))
(((5))) (4) No assignment pay or other special pay
provision, except applicable comparable worth ranges, shall be
considered in calculating promotional increases.
(((6))) (5) Promotional increases for T-ranges (teachers and
principals) are calculated in the manner described ((above)) in
the compensation plan and WAC 356-15-140.
(((7))) (6) An employee who is working in a position which
is included in an approved class series study, and who accepts a
promotion within that agency to a classification impacted by the
same study, shall be paid not less than the salary that would
have been paid if the employee had remained in the former
position and benefited from an upward reallocation. The new
higher salary must be on a step within the range for the new
class to which the employee is promoted, and shall be effective
on the effective date of the class study.
(((8) The salary of any employee who, after June 30, 1990,
was promoted to a class whose range has a higher top step than
that of the former class, and who received less promotional
increase than is provided under subsection 1 or 2 of this
section, shall be recalculated. Effective September 16, 1990,
such salary shall move to the even step of the range which would
result if the promotion had occurred that day.
If such employee has received a periodic increment increase since June 30, 1990, the base salary on September 16, 1990, shall be not less than if the increment date had occurred on September 16, 1990.))
(((9))) (7) Promotional increases for (("N" ranges))
((())classes requiring licensure as a registered nurse(())) ("N"
ranges) are ((not)) calculated in the manner described ((above))
below.
An employee who is promoted into or between classes which
have special pay range "N" shall advance to the step in the new
range, as shown in the "N" range salary schedule, which
represents the greater of (a), (b) or (((b))) (c) below.
(a) Placement on the step which coincides with the employee's total length of experience as a registered nurse (RN) and/or licensed practical nurse (LPN). Experience shall be credited as follows:
(i) RN experience shall be credited year for year.
(ii) Up to ten years LPN experience shall be credited at the rate of two years LPN experience equals one year of RN experience, for a maximum credit of five years.
(i) When the employee is promoted to a class whose base range is six or more ranges higher than the base range of the employee's former class.
(ii) When the employee is promoted over an intervening class in the same class series.
(iii) When the employee is promoted from one class series to a higher class in a different series and over an intervening class in the new series which would have represented a promotion.
(iv) When an employee's promotion requires a change of residence to another geographic area to be within a reasonable commuting distance of the new place of work.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.06.040 and 41.06.150. 90-23-030 (Order 361), § 356-14-140, filed 11/14/90, effective 12/15/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.06.150. 87-15-065 (Order 281), § 356-14-140, filed 7/16/87, effective 9/1/87. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.06.150(17). 80-03-024 (Order 141), § 356-14-140, filed 2/19/80; 79-10-064 (Order 133), § 356-14-140, filed 9/18/79; 78-06-017 (Order 120), § 356-14-140, filed 5/12/78; Order 109A, § 356-14-140, filed 10/6/77, effective 11/6/77; Order 109, § 356-14-140, filed 9/7/77; Order 36, § 356-14-140, filed 7/1/71, effective 8/1/71. Formerly WAC 356-08-139.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.