Appointment and Reemployment

Authority to Appoint
357-19-005	What is the authority of general government employers to appoint employees to positions in the classified service?
357-19-010	What is the authority of higher education employers to appoint employees to positions in the classified service?
357-19-015	What must employers use as the basis for appointments under the civil service rules?
Probationary and Trial Service Periods
Purpose and Requirement
357-19-017	What is the purpose of the probationary and trial service period?
357-19-020	When must an employee serve a probationary period?
357-19-025	When must an employee serve a trial service period?
357-19-030	When may an employee be required to serve a trial service period?
357-19-035	When is a trial service period not allowed for an employee who is reverted to a position?
Length of
357-19-040	How long is the probationary period?
357-19-045	Can the length of a probationary period be extended?
357-19-050	How long is a trial service period?
357-19-060	Can the length of a trial service period be extended?
357-19-065	Is an employee's probationary or trial service period affected by the use of leave?
Reappointment During
357-19-070	What happens if an employee who is serving a probationary or trial service period accepts an appointment to another permanent position with the same employer?
357-19-073	What happens if an employee who is serving a probationary period accepts a nonpermanent appointment?
357-19-075	What happens if an employee who is serving a probationary or trial service period is reassigned by the employer?
357-19-080	What happens if a permanent employee accepts a nonpermanent appointment during a trial service period?
357-19-085	Does time worked in a nonpermanent appointment count towards the probationary or trial service period for a permanent position?
Employer Policy
357-19-090	Must employers have a policy on probationary and trial service periods?
Failure to Meet Standards
357-19-095	What happens if an employee fails to meet the employer's standards during the probationary period?
357-19-100	What happens if an employee fails to meet the employer's standards during the trial service period?
Trial Service Reversion
357-19-105	How much notice must an employer give when reverting an employee?
357-19-110	Can an employee voluntarily revert during the trial service period?
357-19-115	To which employer and position would an employee revert?
357-19-117	Can a reverted employee be placed on a layoff list and in the general government transition pool?
357-19-120	Can employees be granted additional reversion rights?
357-19-125	What happens to a permanent Washington management service (WMS) employee who promotes, transfers or demotes to a Washington general service (WGS) position but fails to satisfactorily complete the trial service period?
357-19-135	Can an employee appeal a trial service reversion?
Increase Hours of Part-time Positions
357-19-140	Can an employer increase the hours of a position which is normally scheduled to work less than forty hours a week?
357-19-145	If an employer permanently increases the hours of a position, may an employee choose not to continue in the position?
Voluntary Demotion
357-19-155	Can an employee voluntarily demote?
357-19-160	Can an employee be elevated following a demotion?
Reassignment/Transfer
357-19-165	What is the difference between reassignment and transfer?
357-19-170	Can an appointing authority reassign an employee?
357-19-175	What are the provisions for reassigning a permanent employee to a different geographic area?
357-19-177	How does a reassignment affect an employee's status and pay?
357-19-180	Can an employee transfer?
Appointed with Permanent Status
357-19-181	When is an employee appointed to a position with permanent status?
Background Checks
357-19-183	Must DEL conduct background checks on all employees in covered positions and individuals being considered for a covered position?
357-19-184	Besides the DEL, may other employers conduct background checks on applicants or employees and what is the requirement to notify applicants or employees?
357-19-185	What is a covered position for purposes of WAC 357-19-183, 357-19-187, and 357-19-191?
357-19-186	For purposes of WAC 357-19-183, what information is considered in a background check conducted by DEL and what are the results of the background check used for?
357-19-187	For purposes of WAC 357-19-183, must an employee and/or individual being considered for a covered position authorize the director of the DEL or designee to conduct a background check and what happens if the employee or individual being considered for a covered position does not provide authorization?
357-19-188	What happens when a permanent DEL employee is disqualified because of a background check?
357-19-189	What are the responsibilities of the director of the DEL in carrying out the requirement to conduct background checks?
357-19-191	Does a permanent employee of DEL who is disqualified from a covered position as a result of a background check have the right to request a review of the disqualification?
State Internship Program
357-19-193	What happens if a permanent employee, who has received approval to participate in the state internship program, leaves a classified position to participate in the state internship program created under RCW 43.06.410?
Movement Between Exempt and Classified
357-19-195	If a permanent employee in a classified position accepts an appointment to an exempt position, what is the employee's right to return to a position in the classified service?
357-19-200	When must an employee apply to return to classified service from exempt service?
357-19-205	Upon return from exempt service, how is the employee's salary set?
357-19-215	Does an employee who was hired directly into exempt service have any rights to a classified position or layoff list?
357-19-220	What happens to an employee whose classified service position is converted to an exempt position?
357-19-225	How is an incumbent, whose position is converted from exempt to classified, placed within classified service?
Police Corps Program
357-19-230	What are the provisions for appointing participants of the police corps programs?
In-Training Plans
357-19-235	What are in-training positions?
357-19-240	What positions can be designated as in-training?
357-19-245	What components must be included in an in-training plan?
357-19-250	During an in-training plan, when does an employee advance to the next training step?
357-19-255	How long must an employee be at each step in an in-training plan?
In-Training Appointments
357-19-260	While an employee is in an in-training appointment, what class is used to determine the employee's salary, work period designation, performance evaluation?
357-19-265	Must the employee serve a probationary or trial service period during an in-training appointment?
357-19-270	Does time spent in a position before the in-training appointment count towards the in-training period?
357-19-280	If an employee transfers from one in-training position to another in-training position, how is the training period affected?
357-19-285	What happens to an employee who fails to progress satisfactorily through an in-training plan?
Intergovernmental Mobility Act
357-19-290	What are the provisions for appointments under the Intergovernmental Mobility Act (P.L. 91-648)?
Cyclic Positions
357-19-295	What are cyclic year positions?
357-19-297	What are the notification requirements for appointing an employee to a cyclic year position?
Seasonal Positions
357-19-300	What is a seasonal appointment?
357-19-301	Does chapter 357-16 WAC apply to seasonal appointments?
357-19-302	Do employees appointed to seasonal appointments serve a probationary period and gain permanent status?
357-19-303	What provisions govern the layoff of employees from seasonal appointments?
Project Positions
357-19-305	What are project positions?
357-19-310	How are project positions filled?
Project Appointments
357-19-315	What are the notification requirements for appointing an employee to a project position?
357-19-320	Must an employee appointed to a project position serve a probationary period?
357-19-325	Must an employee with permanent status who is appointed to a project position serve a trial service period?
357-19-330	What notices must employees and their employers provide to each other when an employee accepts an appointment to a project position?
357-19-340	What return rights must an employer provide to a permanent employee who accepts an appointment to a project position?
357-19-345	What happens to employees in project positions at the conclusion of the project?
Acting Appointments
357-19-350	May a permanent WGS employee accept an acting Washington management service (WMS) appointment and what notices must the employee and employer provide each other when an employee accepts the acting appointment?
357-19-353	What return rights must an employer provide to a permanent WGS employee who accepts an acting WMS appointment?
Nonpermanent Appointments – General Government Reasons
357-19-360	For what reasons may a general government employer make nonpermanent appointments?
357-19-365	When is it inappropriate for a general government employer to fill a position with a nonpermanent appointment to address a short-term immediate workload peak or other short term needs?
Length and Notice
357-19-370	How long can a general government nonpermanent appointment last?
357-19-373	What notification must a general government employer give a nonpermanent appointee?
357-19-375	Can an employee receive consecutive general government nonpermanent appointments?
Provisions
357-19-377	What provisions apply to general government nonpermanent appointments?
357-19-380	What provisions of the civil service rules apply to nonpermanent employees?
Appointment from Permanent
357-19-385	Can a permanent employee accept a nonpermanent appointment?
357-19-388	What notices must employees and their employers provide each other when an employee accepts a nonpermanent appointment?
357-19-395	What return rights must an employer provide to a permanent employee who accepts a nonpermanent appointment?
Converting to Permanent
357-19-400	Can the agency convert a general government nonpermanent appointment to a probationary or trial service appointment?
End of Appointment
357-19-410	How much notice must an employer give for ending a nonpermanent appointment?
Appeal Rights
357-19-420	What are the appeal rights of general government nonpermanent employees?
Remedial Action
357-19-425	How does a general government nonpermanent employee request remedial action?
357-19-430	When may the director take remedial action for general government nonpermanent employees and what does remedial action include?
Temporary Appointments – Higher Education
357-19-435	For what reasons may a higher education employer make a temporary appointment?
357-19-440	What provisions govern higher education temporary appointments?
357-19-441	What provisions of civil service rules apply to individuals in temporary appointments?
357-19-442	What happens to an employee's salary and periodic increment date when he/she is temporarily appointed to the higher level class under provisions of WAC 357-19-435(2)?
357-19-443	Does a permanent employee who is temporarily appointed to a higher level class under the provision of WAC 357-19-435(2) have the right to resume a position at the conclusion of the temporary appointment?
357-19-444	What notification must a higher education employer give to a temporary appointee?
357-19-445	What records must higher education employers maintain for individuals in temporary appointments?
357-19-447	What are the appeal rights of individuals in higher education temporary appointments?
Remedial Action – Higher Education
357-19-448	How does an individual in a higher education temporary appointment request remedial action?
357-19-450	When may the director take remedial action for individuals in higher education temporary appointments and what does remedial action include?
Reemployment
357-19-455	What is reemployment?
357-19-460	Is certification required to reemploy a former permanent status employee?
357-19-465	Must employers provide reemployment services to employees separated due to disability under the provisions of WAC 357-46-160?
357-19-470	What reemployment services does the employer provide to a former employee seeking reemployment under the provisions of WAC 357-19-465?
357-19-475	To be eligible for reemployment following disability separation under WAC 357-19-465 what must the employee do?
357-19-480	Will employees returning from separation under WAC 357-19-465 serve a probationary period?
Return-to-Work Initiative
357-19-505	What is the purpose of the return-to-work initiative program?

Employer Return-to-Work Programs
357-19-525	What are the employer's responsibilities for return-to-work?
357-19-530	Who is eligible to participate in the employer's return-to-work program?
357-19-535	Are an employee's return-to-work opportunities limited to the agency or institution/related board which was the employer at the time of the qualifying injury?