Wash. Admin. Code § 357-19-073 - What happens if an employee who is serving a probationary period accepts a nonpermanent appointment?

(1) If an employee who is serving a probationary period accepts a nonpermanent appointment for reasons specified in WAC 357-19-360(1), the probationary period will end and the employee will not be granted permanent status unless the employer agrees to return the employee to a position at the conclusion of the nonpermanent appointment. Any return rights granted by the employer must be to a vacant position in the class in which the employee was serving a probationary period. If the employer chooses to grant the employee a return right, the employer must notify the employee in writing.

(2) If a general government employee who is serving a probationary period is redeployed into a nonpermanent appointment for reasons specified in WAC 357-19-360(2), the employer must return the employee to the same position held prior to the redeployment at the conclusion of the redeployment. Upon return to their previous position, the employee's base salary must be set at the step the employee would be at if they had not left the position.

(3) Upon return from a nonpermanent appointment the employee will resume their probationary period. If the employer determines the position the employee was serving a probationary period in and the position the employee was appointed to on a nonpermanent basis are allocated to classes which are closely related, the employer may count the time worked in the nonpermanent appointment towards the probationary period.

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Wash. Admin. Code § 357-19-073

Amended by WSR 24-18-067, Filed 8/29/2024, effective 10/1/2024

Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 09-11-064, § 357-19-073, filed 5/14/09, effective 6/16/09.