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Chapter 357-31 WAC

Last Update: 1/24/12

HOLIDAYS AND LEAVE

WAC Sections

357-31-005 For the purpose of chapter 357-31 WAC, what days are recognized as holidays?
357-31-010 Which employees qualify for holiday compensation?
357-31-015 How many hours are general government employees compensated for on a holiday?
357-31-020 For general government part-time employees, how is holiday compensation prorated?
357-31-025 How many hours are higher education employees compensated for on a holiday?
357-31-030 What happens when a holiday falls on an employee's scheduled day off?
357-31-035 How is an employee who works on a holiday compensated?
357-31-040 What happens when a holiday as identified in WAC 357-31-005 falls on Saturday or Sunday?
357-31-045 If an employee resigns or is dismissed or separated during a month in which there is a holiday, will he/she be compensated for the holiday?
357-31-050 How is an employee's holiday determined when an employee works a night shift schedule which begins on one calendar day and ends on the next?
357-31-055 When does an employee qualify for a personal holiday?
357-31-060 How many hours are general government employees compensated for when taking a personal holiday?
357-31-065 How many hours are higher education employees compensated for when taking a personal holiday?
357-31-070 When is an employer required to approve an employee's request to use a personal holiday?
357-31-075 Within what time frame must the personal holiday be taken?
357-31-080 What happens if an employee requests to use his/her personal holiday in accordance with the employer's leave procedures and the employer denies the request?
357-31-090 Can an employee request to donate or use part of a personal holiday?
357-31-095 If an employee donates a personal holiday to another employee and a portion of the personal holiday is returned, can the donating employee use the remaining hours?
357-31-100 Must an employer have a policy for requesting and approving leave?
357-31-105 How will an unauthorized absence be treated?
357-31-110 What happens to an employee's accrued leave when the employee changes employers?
357-31-115 How many hours of sick leave does an employee earn each month?
357-31-120 Do employees accrue sick leave if they have taken leave without pay during the month?
357-31-125 For general government part-time employees, how is leave accrual prorated?
357-31-130 When can an employee use accrued sick leave?
357-31-135 When and how does an employee request the use of sick leave?
357-31-140 May an employee use sick leave before it is accrued?
357-31-145 When an employee is on vacation leave and a condition listed in WAC 357-31-130(1) arises, can the employee use sick leave in place of vacation leave?
357-31-150 Can an employee be paid for accrued sick leave?
357-31-155 Does an employee who separates for any reason other than retirement or death get paid for accrued sick leave?
357-31-160 When a former employee is re-employed, is sick leave restored?
357-31-165 At what rate do employees accrue vacation leave?
357-31-170 At what rate do part-time employees accrue vacation leave?
357-31-175 Do employees accrue vacation leave if they have taken leave without pay during the month?
357-31-180 When an employee has taken leave without pay during the month is the employee's rate of accrual adjusted for the leave without pay?
357-31-185 When and how does an employee request the use of vacation leave?
357-31-190 When can an employee start to use accrued vacation leave?
357-31-195 Can an employee use vacation leave before it is accrued?
357-31-200 When must an employer grant the use of vacation leave?
357-31-205 What must an employer consider in granting the use of vacation leave?
357-31-210 What is the maximum number of hours of vacation leave that an employee can accumulate?
357-31-215 When may vacation leave be accumulated above the maximum two hundred forty hours?
357-31-220 What must be included in the statement of necessity for excess vacation leave?
357-31-225 When employees separate from state service, are they entitled to a lump sum payment of unused vacation leave?
357-31-230 When can an employee use accrued compensatory time?
357-31-235 May an employee use leave if the employee sustains a work-related injury or illness that is compensable under the state workers' compensation law?
357-31-245 What happens if an employee uses accrued vacation leave, accrued sick leave, accrued compensatory time, recognition leave, accrued temporary salary reduction leave, or receives holiday pay during a period when he/she is receiving time loss compensation?
357-31-250 Are employees entitled to paid bereavement leave?
357-31-255 What types of leave may an employee use when absent from work or arriving late to work because of inclement weather?
357-31-260 When may an agency head or institution president suspend operations?
357-31-265 What is the effect of suspended operations on employees who are not required to work during the closure?
357-31-270 When an employer has suspended operations, how are employees who are required to work during the closure affected?
357-31-275 What must be included in the employer's suspended operations procedure?
357-31-280 How long can operations be suspended?
357-31-285 Is an employer required to authorize the absence of an employee for family care emergencies?
357-31-290 What qualifies as a family care emergency?
357-31-295 What type of leave may employees use for family care emergencies?
357-31-300 Is there a limit to how much leave can be used for a family care emergency?
357-31-305 Is advance approval required for an employee to take time off for a family care emergency?
357-31-310 If an employee is required to report for jury duty service, must the employee be granted a leave of absence with pay?
357-31-315 May employees keep compensation received for serving as a member of a jury?
357-31-320 If an employee has received a subpoena, must the employee be granted a leave of absence with pay?
357-31-325 Must an employer grant leave with pay for other miscellaneous reasons such as to take a state examination?
357-31-326 When may an employer grant leave with pay?
357-31-327 When must an employer grant leave without pay?
357-31-330 For what reasons may an employer grant leave without pay?
357-31-335 How long can an employee remain on leave without pay?
357-31-340 When an employee returns from authorized leave without pay, what position will he/she be returned to?
357-31-345 How does leave without pay affect a general government employee's anniversary date, unbroken service date, periodic increment date, and seniority date?
357-31-346 Does leave without pay affect a higher education employee's periodic increment date?
357-31-347 Does leave without pay affect a higher education employee's seniority date?
357-31-350 How does leave without pay affect a general government employee's seniority date?
357-31-355 How does leave without pay affect the duration of an employee's probationary period, trial service period or transition review period?
357-31-360 Must employees who have been ordered to required military duty, training, drills, or required to appear for a physical examination be granted paid military leave?
357-31-370 In addition to paid military leave, must an employee be granted a military leave of absence without pay?
357-31-373 Is an employee whose spouse or registered domestic partner is a member of the armed forces of the United States entitled to take leave from work when the military spouse or registered domestic partner has been called to active duty or when the military spouse or registered domestic partner is on leave from deployment?
357-31-375 What provisions exist for employees to participate in medical expense plans?
357-31-380 What is the purpose of the state leave sharing program?
357-31-390 What criteria does an employee have to meet to be eligible to receive shared leave?
357-31-395 What definitions apply to shared leave?
357-31-400 How much shared leave may an employee receive?
357-31-405 What documentation may an employee seeking shared leave be required to submit?
357-31-410 May employees donate leave to employees in other agencies, institutions of higher education, related higher education boards, educational service districts, or school districts?
357-31-415 Can donated leave be used for any purpose?
357-31-420 What rate of pay is the employee receiving shared leave paid?
357-31-425 What types of leave can an employee donate for the purposes of the state leave sharing program?
357-31-430 How will shared leave be administered?
357-31-435 Must employees use their own leave before using shared leave?
357-31-440 How must employees who are receiving shared leave be treated during their absence?
357-31-445 What happens to leave that was donated under the state leave sharing program and was not used by the recipient?
357-31-450 Must an employee who receives shared leave repay the value of the leave that he or she used?
357-31-455 What records must an employer maintain pertaining to the state leave sharing program?
357-31-460 For what purposes must parental leave be granted?
357-31-465 Who qualifies for parental leave?
357-31-470 How and when can an employee request to be off work on parental leave?
357-31-475 How long can an employee request to be off work for parental leave?
357-31-480 Is parental leave in addition to any leave for sickness or temporary disability because of pregnancy and/or childbirth?
357-31-485 If an employee's request for parental leave exceeds the provisions of WAC 357-31-525, how and when must an employer respond to an employee's request for parental leave?
357-31-490 Will time off for parental leave be paid or unpaid?
357-31-495 Will time off for parental leave be designated under the Family and Medical Leave Act?
357-31-500 When must disability leave due to pregnancy and/or childbirth be granted?
357-31-505 How does an employee request disability leave due to pregnancy and/or childbirth?
357-31-510 Is the employee required to provide the employer with medical certification during disability leave due to pregnancy and/or childbirth?
357-31-515 Will time off during the period of disability leave due to pregnancy and/or childbirth be paid?
357-31-520 How does the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the family leave law interact with the civil service rules?
357-31-525 What is an employee entitled to under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993?
357-31-530 Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, how is an eligible employee defined?
357-31-535 Who designates absences which meet the criteria of the Family and Medical Leave Act?
357-31-540 Who chooses if an employee will use paid leave or leave without pay for absences granted under the Family and Medical Leave Act?
357-31-545 Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, can an employee request an intermittent or reduced schedule?
357-31-550 When an employee returns from an absence designated as FMLA, what position will the employee return to?
357-31-555 Must employers continue health insurance benefits when an employee is on leave designated as FMLA?
357-31-560 Must the employer have a family and medical leave policy?
357-31-565 May employers grant paid leave for purposes of recognition?
357-31-567 When must an employer grant the use of recognition leave?
357-31-570 What is the purpose of a sick leave pool?
357-31-575 Must an agency have a written policy regarding sick leave pools?
357-31-580 What criteria does an employee have to meet to be eligible to participate in a sick leave pool?
357-31-585 Is participation in a sick leave pool voluntary?
357-31-590 When is an employee who participates in a sick leave pool eligible to use sick leave from the pool?
357-31-595 Is a participant eligible to use sick leave from a pool if his/her illness or injury is work-related?
357-31-600 Is there a limit to the amount of sick leave a participating employee may withdraw from a sick leave pool?
357-31-605 What rate of pay is the participant who withdraws sick leave from the pool paid?
357-31-610 How does a part-time participating employee withdraw sick leave credits from a sick leave pool?
357-31-615 When a participating employee uses leave from a sick leave pool will he/she be required to recontribute such sick leave to the pool?
357-31-620 When an agency has determined that abuse of a sick leave pool has occurred will the employee have to repay the sick leave credits drawn from the pool?
357-31-625 When an employee cancels his/her membership in a sick leave pool, can the employee withdraw the days of sick leave he/she had contributed to the pool?
357-31-630 Can a participant who moves from one general government position to a different general government position transfer from one sick leave pool to another sick leave pool?
357-31-635 What records must an employer maintain pertaining to sick leave pools?
357-31-640 What is the purpose of the uniformed service shared leave pool?
357-31-645 Who will administer the uniformed service shared leave pool?
357-31-650 What definitions apply to the uniformed service shared leave pool?
357-31-655 Must employers have a written policy regarding the uniformed service shared leave pool?
357-31-660 Is participation in the uniformed service shared leave pool voluntary?
357-31-665 What criteria does an employee have to meet to be eligible to request leave from the uniformed service shared leave pool?
357-31-670 How must employees who are receiving leave from the uniformed service shared leave pool be treated during their absence?
357-31-675 Is shared leave received under the uniformed service shared leave pool included in the shared leave limits specified in RCW 41.04.665?
357-31-680 May employees donating leave direct the donation to a specific individual?
357-31-685 What types of leave can an employee donate for the purposes of the uniformed service shared leave pool?
357-31-690 How much leave may an employee withdraw from the uniformed service shared leave pool?
357-31-695 How is the maximum shared leave pay, which will be granted from the uniformed service shared leave pool calculated?
357-31-700 What documentation is required to verify military salary and status?
357-31-705 What rate of pay is paid to the employee receiving leave under the uniformed service shared leave pool?
357-31-710 What happens if the uniformed service shared leave pool does not have sufficient balance to cover all leave requests?
357-31-715 May employers establish restrictions on the amount of leave an employee may receive under this section?
357-31-720 May an employer establish restrictions on the amount of leave an employee may donate under this section?
357-31-725 When an employer has determined that abuse of the uniformed service shared leave pool has occurred will the employee have to repay the shared leave drawn from the pool?
357-31-730 When an employee or the employee's family member is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and the employee is seeking to use accrued leave or unpaid leave what documentation may the employee be required to submit?
357-31-740 What is temporary salary reduction (TSR) leave and which employees are eligible to earn TSR leave?
357-31-745 What provisions apply to temporary salary reduction (TSR) leave?