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Washington Management Service - WMS

357-58-005	What is the key role and accountability for Washington management service employees in state government?
Purpose and Goals
357-58-010	What is the purpose of the Washington management service (WMS) rules?
357-58-015	Who is authorized to adopt rules for the WMS?
357-58-020	What are the goals of the WMS rules?
Classified Service
357-58-025	Are WMS employees included in the classified service and what rules apply to WMS employees and positions?
Inclusion in WMS
357-58-030	Who determines if a position is included in the WMS?
357-58-035	What is the definition of a manager or managerial employee?
357-58-040	Are there any manager positions or managerial employees that are not included in the WMS?
357-58-042	What happens when it has been determined that a position no longer meets the definition of manager found in WAC 357-58-035?
Rules – Who Covered
357-58-045	Who is covered by the WMS rules?
357-58-050	What chapters of civil service rules apply to WMS positions?
357-58-055	What civil service rules do not apply to WMS?
357-58-060	Do the WMS rules apply to all general government employers?
Definitions
357-58-065	Definitions for WMS.

Agency Responsibility – Managing and Budgeting Salaries
357-58-070	What are the responsibilities of each agency for effectively managing and budgeting salaries for WMS positions?
Compensation – Promotion and Demotion
357-58-075	What is the requirement for agencies to develop compensation policies?
357-58-080	How are positions assigned to the management bands?
357-58-085	Can WMS salaries be set outside the maximum of an assigned management band?
357-58-090	For what reasons can an agency adjust a WMS salary?
357-58-095	May agencies provide progression increases for WMS employees?
357-58-100	Is there a limit for annual progression increases?
357-58-105	When can exceptions to the progression increase limits be made?
357-58-110	What is a promotion?
357-58-115	What is a voluntary demotion and what changes may occur in salary?
357-58-120	What is a disciplinary demotion and what changes may occur in salary?
357-58-125	What is an involuntary downward movement and how does that affect the salary?
357-58-130	Do salary increases greater than five percent for a group of employees need approval?
Performance Recognition Pay
357-58-135	Who can provide lump sum performance recognition payment to employees?
357-58-140	Is there a limit to the amount an employee can receive for performance recognition pay?
Relocation Compensation
357-58-145	When may an agency authorize lump sum relocation compensation?
357-58-150	For what reasons may an employee be required to pay back the relocation payment?
357-58-155	Must the agency develop written criteria for relocation compensation?
Hours of Work
357-58-160	How are hours of work established for WMS employees?
Leave and Other Pay Issues
357-58-165	Do WMS employees receive leave benefits?
357-58-170	What about other pay issues?
357-58-175	Can an employer authorize lump sum vacation leave or accelerate vacation leave accrual rates to support the recruitment and/or retention of an incumbent or candidate for a WMS position?
357-58-180	Must an agency have a policy regarding authorization of additional leave to support the recruitment of a candidate or the retention of an incumbent for a WMS position?
Recruitment and Selection
357-58-185	Must an agency develop a recruitment and selection policy and/or procedure for WMS positions?
357-58-190	What must be addressed in agency's WMS recruitment and selection policy and/or procedure?
357-58-195	Are employers required to grant promotional preference when filling WMS positions?
Transfer, Reassignment, and Voluntary Demotion
357-58-200	How may transfers occur?
357-58-205	Under what conditions may an employer reassign a WMS employee?
357-58-210	When may a WMS employee transfer to a WGS position and vice versa?
357-58-215	May a permanent employee voluntarily demote to a WGS position?
Nonpermanent and Project
357-58-220	May a permanent WMS employee accept a nonpermanent appointment in the WGS?
357-58-225	What return rights must an employer provide to a permanent WMS employee who accepts a nonpermanent appointment to a WGS position?
357-58-230	May a permanent WMS employee accept an appointment to a project position in the general service and does the employee have any return right to his/her permanent WMS position?
357-58-235	May employers create WMS positions in projects?
357-58-240	What are the notification requirements for appointing an employee to a project WMS position?
357-58-245	Must an employee appointed to a project position serve a review period?
357-58-250	Must an employee who transfers or voluntarily demotes to a project WMS position serve a review period?
357-58-255	May a permanent WMS employee accept a project appointment within WMS and does the employee have any return rights to his/her permanent WMS position?
357-58-260	What happens to employees in project WMS positions at the conclusion of the project?
Acting Appointment
357-58-265	When may an agency make an acting WMS appointment and what actions are required?
357-58-270	Does time in an acting appointment count as time in the review period?
357-58-275	May a permanent WMS employee accept an acting WMS appointment and what are the employee's return rights at the conclusion of the acting appointment?
357-58-280	How much notice must an employer give for ending an acting appointment?
Review Period and Reversion
357-58-285	When must a WMS employee serve a review period?
357-58-290	How long does the review period last?
357-58-295	May a review period be extended beyond the initial time period?
357-58-300	Does time spent on leave without pay or shared leave count towards completion of an employee's review period?
357-58-305	When does a WMS employee attain permanent status?
357-58-310	When may a WMS employee be required to serve a WMS review period?
357-58-315	When may an employee, who is promoted to another WMS position, in a different agency, while serving a review period, be required to serve a WMS review period?
357-58-320	What happens when a WMS employee promotes to a new WMS position within the same agency while serving in a review period?
357-58-325	What happens when a WGS employee serving a probationary or trial service period is appointed to a WMS position within the same agency?
357-58-330	What happens when a WGS employee serving a probationary or trial service period is appointed to a WMS position in a different agency?
357-58-335	When a WMS employee is promoted in the same position as a result of additional new duties, is a review period required?
357-58-340	When does reversion take place during a review period?
357-58-345	When a permanent WMS employee does not complete the review period, what reversion rights does the employee have?
357-58-350	When a permanent WGS employee does not complete the review period for a WMS position, what reversion rights does the employee have?
357-58-355	Can a permanent employee voluntarily revert during a review period?
357-58-360	May a reverted employee and an agency come to mutual agreement on reversion placement?
357-58-365	Does a WMS employee who does not have permanent status in the classified service have reversion rights?
357-58-370	Are there any appeal rights for reversion or separation during the review period?
357-58-375	When permanent WMS employees promote or demote to positions in the general service and fail to complete the trial service period what reversion rights do permanent WMS employees have?
Training and Development
357-58-385	What is the responsibility of general government employers to provide training and development to WMS employees?
357-58-390	What is the responsibility of WMS managers?
357-58-395	What will be the role of the department of personnel?
357-58-400	How does each agency deal with developmental needs of managers?
Performance Management
357-58-405	In addition to the requirements of chapter 357-37 WAC, what must the performance management process focus on for WMS employees?
357-58-410	When and how often must performance feedback be provided to a WMS employee through the formal evaluation process?
357-58-415	What forms and procedures must employers use to plan for and evaluate the performance of managers?
357-58-420	May employers supplement the standardized performance evaluation procedures and forms?
Performance Management Confirmation
357-58-425	Can an employer factor performance into compensation and layoff decisions for WMS employees?
357-58-430	How does an employer receive performance management confirmation which enables them to factor performance into compensation and layoff decisions for WMS employees?
357-58-435	What elements will the director of the department of personnel evaluate to determine if an employer should be granted performance management confirmation?
Layoff
357-58-438	What is the impact of a layoff?
357-58-440	How may an employer lay off WMS employees and what notice is required?
357-58-445	What are the reasons for layoff?
357-58-450	How does a WMS employee return from an exempt appointments?
357-58-455	How does an employer implement a layoff action?
357-58-460	What must be included in the employer's layoff procedure?
357-58-465	What option does a permanent employee in a WMS position have to take a position when the employee is scheduled for layoff?
357-58-470	How does an employer determine an employee's employment retention rating?
357-58-475	Does a veteran receive any preference in layoff?
357-58-477	Is a WMS employee who is rehired following layoff considered to have had a break in state service?
Disability Separation
357-58-480	What provisions governs separation due to disability for WMS employees?
Nondisciplinary Separation
357-58-485	What provisions governs nondisciplinary separation for WMS employees?
Unauthorized Absence
357-58-490	What provisions governs separation for unauthorized absence for WMS employees?
Resignation Withdrawal
357-58-500	May an employee request withdrawal of his/her resignation?
Appeal Rights
357-58-505	Does a WMS employee have appeal rights?
357-58-510	Can the agency's decision regarding which WMS position to eliminate in a layoff action be appealed?
Reconsideration of Agency Action
357-58-515	When a WMS employee disagrees with an employer's action, can the employee request the employer reconsider the action that was taken?
357-58-520	What requirements must be included in the agency's WMS reconsideration procedures?
357-58-525	How does the employee request reconsideration of an agency action?
357-58-530	What is the responsibility of agencies to track and analyze requests for reconsideration of agency actions?
Records
357-58-540	What type of records are agencies required to keep and report for WMS employees?
357-58-545	Does the director of the department of personnel have the rights to review an agency's administration of WMS?
Temporary Layoff
357-58-550	May an employer temporarily layoff a WMS employee?
357-58-551	Are there any limits to temporary layoff?
357-58-552	Under the provisions of temporary layoff, what happens if an employer has less than twenty hours per week of work for a WMS employee to perform?
357-58-553	What is the notice requirement to temporarily layoff a WMS employee?
357-58-554	What is a WMS employee's status during temporary layoff?
357-58-555	At the conclusion of a temporary layoff, does a WMS employee have the right to return to the position he/she held immediately prior to being temporarily laid off?