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Holidays and Leave

Holidays
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 pro rated?
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?
Personal Holiday
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?
Employer Leave Policy
357-31-100	Must an employer have a policy for requesting and approving leave?
Unauthorized Absence
357-31-105	How will an unauthorized absence be treated?
Transferring Leave when Changing Employers
357-31-110	What happens to an employee's accrued leave when the employee changes employers?
Sick Leave
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 pro rated?
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?
Vacation Leave
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?
Compensatory Time
357-31-230	When can an employee use accrued compensatory time?
Worker’s Compensation
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?
357-31-240	What happens if an employee uses accrued sick leave during a period when he/she is receiving time loss compensation?
357-31-245	What happens if an employee uses accrued vacation leave, accrued compensatory time, or receives holiday pay during a period when he/she is receiving time loss compensation?
Bereavement Leave
357-31-250	Are employees entitled to paid bereavement leave?
Inclement Weather
357-31-255	What types of leave may an employee use when absent from work or arriving late to work because of inclement weather?
Suspended Operations
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?
Family Care Emergencies
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?
Jury Duty – Subpoena - Miscellaneous
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?
357-31-325 357-31-326	Must an employer grant leave with pay for other miscellaneous reasons such as to take a state examination? When may an employer grant leave with pay?
357-31-327	When must an employer grant leave without pay?
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?
Military Leave
357-31-360	Must employees who have been ordered to active duty or active training duty 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 is a member of the armed forces of the United States entitled to take leave from work when the military spouse has been called to active duty or when the military spouse is on leave from deployment?
Medical Expense Plan
357-31-375	What provisions exist for employees to participate in medical expense plans?
Shared Leave
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, or related higher education boards?
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?
Parental Leave
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?
Disability Due to Pregnancy
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?
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) & Exigency Leave
357-31-520	How does the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Family Care 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?
Recognition Leave
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?
Sick Leave Pool
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?
Uniformed Service Shared Leave Pool
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 two hundred sixty-one day total 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?
Domestic Violence – Sexual Assault - Stalking
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?