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357-04-050 << 357-04-055 >> 357-04-060

WAC 357-04-055

Who defines exempt status for student or temporary employees; part-time professional consultants; and inmates for general government employers and what types of positions are exempt?

In accordance with RCW 41.06.070, the director defines exemptions for student or temporary employees; part-time professional consultants; and inmates. The following types of general government employees are exempt from civil service rules:

(1) Part-time local health officers;

(2) Temporary employees who are enrolled as full-time students in recognized educational institutions and whose employment is largely to provide a training opportunity, and all temporary employees not in federal grant-in-aid programs;

(3) Patient and resident help in general government residential facilities;

(4) Inmate help in general government correctional facilities; and

(5) Skilled and unskilled labor employed temporarily on force account; construction and maintenance projects; or employed on temporary seasonal single phases of agricultural production or harvesting; or as determined by the director to be equivalent.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW and RCW 41.06.070. WSR 21-14-042 and 22-01-153, § 357-04-055, filed 6/30/21 and 12/15/21, effective 7/1/22. Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. WSR 04-15-016, § 357-04-055, filed 7/8/04, effective 7/1/05.]