Year End Sick Leave Buyout 

State employee attendance incentive program

Under WAC 357 31 150, in accordance with the attendance incentive program established by RCW 41.04.340, employees are eligible to be paid for accrued sick leave as follows:

In January of each year, an employee whose sick leave balance at the end of the previous year exceeds four hundred eighty hours may elect to convert the sick leave hours earned in the previous calendar year, minus those hours used during the year, to monetary compensation.

2011 Sick Leave Buyout  messages, information, and tools 

• Process for agencies that maintain leave activity in HRMS  All agencies except the four named below.
• Process for reporting-only agencies  Only four agencies use this process: Labor and Industries, Licensing, Liquor Control Board, and Revenue. 
• Sick Leave Buyout Information Processing & Reports for 2nd Test Report 01/09/2012
• Sick Leave Buyout Information on Processing and Reports 12/23/2011
• See sample of Sick Leave Buyout Statement
• 2011 Sick Leave Buyout Adjustments and Returns